St. John the Baptist Church (Dorseyville, Louisiana)
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| Location | 31925 Lacroix Rd., Dorseyville, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 30°10′36″N 91°9′39″W / 30.17667°N 91.16083°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | c. 1871 |
| Website | sjbcdorseyville |
| NRHP reference No. | 93001549[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 21, 1994 |
St. John the Baptist Church, or St. John Baptist Church, is a historic church at 31925 Lacroix Road in Dorseyville, Iberville Parish, Louisiana. It was constructed around 1871 to serve the local African American congregation.[2]
Believed to be the oldest African-American church in the region, St. John Baptist was founded in 1868 by the Rev. Basile Dorsey, a black preacher and landowner after whom the village of Dorseyville was named.[3]
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It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994.
See also
- Episcopal Church of the Nativity: also NRHP-listed in Iberville Parish
- St. Gabriel Catholic Church: also NRHP-listed in Iberville Parish
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Iberville Parish, Louisiana
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ National Register Staff (November 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. John Baptist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved January 31, 2024.
- ^ a b "St. John Baptist Church", IbervilleParish.com}publisher=Iberville Parish, retrieved March 30, 2024
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