St. Augustine Episcopal Chapel

St. Augustine Episcopal Chapel is an Ohio historical marker in Mahoning County.

Mahoning County · 323 Wick Avenue, Youngstown, OH, 44503 -- St. John’s Episcopal Church

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Side A: St. Augustine Episcopal Chapel was founded by Lenora Evans Berry, an African American woman, in 1907. A lifelong Baptist, her mission was the development of the Episcopal Church for African Americans in Youngstown. Mrs. Berry’s husband, bricklayer Thomas D. Berry, the son of master builder P. Ross Berry, became the church’s first senior warden and treasurer. The congregation met in St. John’s Parish until they were able to obtain property on Parmalee Avenue. In 1912, Reverend John Ogburn was officially called to vicar. In 1920, work began on plans for a new church. The structure was designed by Charles F. Owsley and construction began after more than six hundred individuals from the community attended the laying of the church’s corner stone on September 11, 1921. St. Augustine Chapel is the oldest African American church and congregation in Youngstown still in its original location and structure. Side B: Same

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under a mile from where William Gabby lived in the 1760s

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Marker data: Ohio Historical Markers program, Ohio History Connection (Remarkable Ohio)

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St. John's Episcopal Church140 ft

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