Red River Street

Travis County, TX

Status: Located

Year Established: 1867

Council of Governments: CAPCOG

Public History: An African-American community was established along Red River Street in the late nineteenth century and extended from approximately E. 5th Street north to E. 10th Street. E. 6th Street was an important African-American business corridor in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, with Red River Street in close proximity. … Two churches were located there by 1905, including First Baptist Church (formerly First Colored Baptist Church organized in 1867) and Wesley Chapel Methodist Episcopal Church (organized in 1865). Mears notes that an area of “Negro tenements” was identified on an 1889 Sanborn map in the 900 block of Red River Street. … A few of the remaining small-scale commercial buildings along Red River… may be related to the former African-American community. Both churches remain active congregations … First Baptist Church is located … at 4805 Heflin Lane… Wesley United Methodist Church … at 1164 San Bernard Street. (PI_S)

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