The St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church in

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is a historic church at 701 SW Topeka Boulevard. It was built in 1908 to 1926 and listed on the

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in 2008. It is built of square-cut native

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. Stages of construction were completed in 1918, 1920, and 1926. With .

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African-American history of Kansas Churches in Topeka, Kansas Methodist churches in Kansas Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Kansas National Register of Historic Places in Topeka, Kansas {{Kansas-Methodist-church-stub

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