Marker Inscription
IN THE LATE 1890s, MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH ORGANIZED IN FREEDMANTOWN, AND WAS BRIEFLY KNOWN AS SHILOH MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH. IN 1907, THE CHURCH BOUGHT LAND AT 1216 RUTHVEN STREET AND BUILT A ONE-STORY WOOD STRUCTURE. THE CHURCH INCORPORATED IN 1912 AS MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH. IN 1928, THE CHURCH SOLD THE PROPERTY AND PURCHASED LAND AT 1401 RUTHVEN STREET. A LARGE, ONE-STORY WOOD STRUCTURE WITH TWIN TOWERS WAS BUILT. OVER TWENTY YEARS LATER, A LARGER TWO-STORY STRUCTURE WAS ERECTED AND INCLUDED AN AUDITORIUM, CLASSROOMS, AND A KITCHEN. OVER THE YEARS, MACEDONIA MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH HAS CONTINUED TO ENRICH THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUTREACH PROGRAMS AND ASSISTANCE.
About this site
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church is a historical marker in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 2011. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.7551, -95.3814 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is The Reverend Ned P. Pullum (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include J. Vance Lewis, Yates, Rutherford B. H., Sr., House, and St. James United Methodist Church.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507016771. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
