St. James CME Church History
1812 - Church Established
(St. James Methodist Episcopal)
1845 - Black Membership
1864 - Served as hospital for Black union soldiers
1865 - Served as first public school for Blacks in the Tallahassee area
1870 - Joined the newly organized Colored Methodist Episcopal
1940 - Opened the first Bible vocational school for Black youth
1984 - Moved to present site
1995 - Burned mortgage on present site