The Amite church had its roots
before the Civil War, when it was located between Myrtle and Duncan Avenue.
That church, the second church building of the congregation, burned down.
Elder members recall that the first church was a one room building that
stood on the site of the Brown Funeral Home.
The third church was built in
the middle of the block between Laurel and Bay, facing Mulberry.
It was destroyed by a tornado in 1908. Another church was soon built,
but it was destroyed by a 1940 tornado. The church was rebuilt once
again, on the corner of Laurel and Mulberry. That property (where
the Parish library is now located) was later sold to buy land on Duncan
Avenue
The current church was built
in 1964 on Duncan Avenue. It was dedicated on May 4, 1969. |
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