First Congregational Church: United Church of Christ

Year Erected: 2002 Marker Text: American Missionary Association (A.M.A.) teachers and clergy came to the post-Civil War South to help educate freed slaves. In 1866, missionaries established the Storrs School, located on Houston Street near Piedmont Avenue, to provide social, educational, and religious services for freedmen. Meeting in the Storrs School chapel, freedmen and white missionaries … Continue reading First Congregational Church: United Church of Christ