The earliest African American church in Pflugerville, St. Mary Baptist remains an active congregation with historic ties to the community for over 100 years.
According to the Texas Historical Commission marker sitting in the church parking lot, “In 1909, Reverend Square Roberts held church services under a brush arbor in the Fritz Pfluger Farm in the Colored Addition. A few months later, services were held in the schoolhouse. In January 1910, under Reverend Roberts’ Leadership, a Baptist church was organized. In the first meeting, Sister Luella Henry suggested the name St. Mary Baptist Church and the motion carried.”