You can now visit the first church for freed Black Texans in San Antonio. A praise fest is Saturday.
St. James AME Church Pastor Alvin Smith gives remarks before the start of the Juneteenth march at the original 1870s site of the old St. James AME Church by San Pedro Creek on June 18, 2022. Durable composite decking has been placed at the site, so visitors to the newly opened section of the San Pedro Creek Culture Park can walk within the historic worship space, surrounded by remnants of the church’s exterior walls.
“For us to be part of this cultural park, it really says something about the makeup of San Antonio and its diversity,” said the Rev. Alvin Smith, the St. James pastor for seven years.Photos of the original St. James AME Church and the current perimeter are seen near the archaeological site on San Pedro Creek on June 18, 2022.“He was just amazed.
“It’s a more equitable form of preservation that we were striving for,” said Claudia Guerra, cultural historian in the city’s Office of Historic Preservation. A rendering of a view from Houston Street looking south shows the rectangular 1870s St. James AME Church site behind an open plaza on the east bank. Behind the church site are public restrooms and a 250-foot-wide, 15-foot-tall water wall that will be illuminated with colored lights at night.The congregants, including some who’d been enslaved, had not had a permanent church home until they secured “the first physical meeting place for African Americans” and the AME Church in San Antonio.
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