Ebenezer was organized by Rev. R. Henry Marshall in the parlor of the Fourth Avenue Baptist Church in June of 1875. The greater portion of the money that paid the expenses of the Ebenezer Baptist Church was given by the Fourth Avenue Baptist Bible School, then under Superintendent, The Honorable H. K. Porter. The Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, located on the corners of Wylie Avenue, Devillers, and Davenport Streets, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania was officially established on August 10, 1875.
Between 1902 and 1915, the church purchased the property on Wylie Avenue from the Tenth United Presbyterian Church for a cost of thirty-six thousand dollars.
Rev. J. C. Austin, from Mount Zion Baptist Church in Staunton, Virginia, was installed as pastor in March of 1915. During his tenure from 1915 - 1926, the church paid off a mortgage of forty-three thousand dollars, which Rev. Austin found upon his arrival; in addition, he bought and paid for thirty-one thousand dollars of additional property. The property included the remainder of the property adjoining the church on the block facing Wylie Avenue from Devilliers to Davenport Street. The People’s Gospel Tabernacle was built at a cost of thirty-two thousand dollars on the church’s lots at Addison and Hemans Streets. This building seated 2,500 and accommodated the large crowds that attended revivals and special services conducted by Ebenezer.
On March 13, 2004 an electrical fire broke out in the basement of Ebenezer Baptist Church. The flames rapidly turned into a devastating fire, destroying the entire building. After the fire, Ebenezer was renovated at a cost of one-hundred-fifty-thousand dollars and reopened in 2006. The new church building remains there to the present day: 2001 Wylie Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15219.
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