Pleasant Grove Baptist Church

Pleasant Grove missionary Baptist Church is the second oldest predominately-black church in the city of Denton. While the exact date of when the building was built is unknown, it was located on Holt St, between Bell Ave and Oakland Ave in Quakertown. Deacon Marion Mays was most likely the founder of the organization known as Pleasant Grove Missionary Baptist, and it is said that the Mays family, along with others of the Baptist faith, met near Pecan Creek in 1994 and organized this church.

In December of 1922, the city of Denton purchased the land the church was located on, forcing the Pleasant Grove MBC to move. In March of 1923 Deacons Mays, Smith, Reynolds, and Ayers purchased the present-day site of the chuch and moved the old building onto it. In 1950, the old building was torn down and a new building was erected in its place. The only object that remained unchanged, however, was the old church bell, which now resides in the church’s attic as a symbol of durability and quality service.

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