William Sydney Pittman, ca. 1916
Joshua Chapel A.M.E. Church, 1916-1917 (Ellis County Museum)
William Pittman in the back row, second to the right (Drexel University Libraries)
First organized in 1876, Joshua Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church took its name from the Rev. Joshua Goins, who founded AME churches throughout Texas. William Sidney Pittman designed the two-story, red-brick sanctuary, constructed in 1917. The Romanesque Revival-style design features walls of large windows supported by exterior buttresses. Periodically, the Ellis County Museum hosts tours of the church and lectures about Pittman, and the church is open during the annual Gingerbread Trail event.
Joshua Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church
- 110 Aiken, Waxahachie, TX
- 972-937-0681
- This is an active church. Please be respectful of services.
