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David Chapel s Pastor Joseph C. Parker Jr. (Photo by John Anderson)
David Chapel Missionary Baptist Church was born, phoenixlike, out of the darkness of Austin s racial history. The congregation originated in 1924, when members of a community then south of Austin, concerned about boys playing marbles on Sundays, established a church in a former blacksmith shop. They ve moved two times since: once in 1926 to the corner of 14th and Chestnut streets in East Austin, and again, as the church grew, to its current site at MLK and Chestnut in 1958.
With the second move, the church wanted to build a new sanctuary to accommodate its growing congregation, but white-owned banks refused to lend the money. Instead, David Chapel solicited funding from the St. John Regular Baptist Association (a coalition of churches in East Austin, still in existence) and hired John S. Chase – the first Black graduate of the UT-Austin School of Architecture – to design the sanctuary and Ol
Chapter one: Housing Inequities Forcing Families Out
Affordability issues affect almost everyone living in Central Texas, especially during a pandemic, but housing inequities are amplified for Hispanics and Latinos who live in a boomtown like Austin. I was born and raised in 78702, said Cynthia Vasquez.
It s ZIP code in East Austin where Black and Latino history and culture runs deep through the structures and the people who live there Our houses were actually made by my family, said Vasquez. Remember running around through the framework with flashlights when I was seven or eight years old.”
Vasquez said her family owned five homes in East Austin. The hard work that went into building them was worth it, thanks to the community it created. It was replenished with the love they shared inside and outside of their homes on Robert Martinez Street.