St. Barnabas Episcopal

Located on  W. side of Biddle street just north of  Argyle Ave. Currently occupied by Martin Luther King Blvd. 

In the mid 1850s the Episcopal Diocese bought St. Barnabas Chapel  from the Catholic Archdiocese. It had originally been put up in the late 1840s - early 1850s.  In 1859 the building was demolished by fire and a new building erected in the same site. This second building also was destroyed by fire in 1893. A 3d building was put up on the same site. In 1906-07 the congregation voted to merge with St. Georges church to be the starter congregation for the Cathedral of the incarnation. The Biddle St building was sold back to the archdiocese who created St. Barnabas Catholic church, an African American parish. This lasted unto the 1931 when St. Barnabas RC merged with St. Pius RC. The building became vacant and in 1941  became an auto repair garage. Information has yet surfaced if the building  was extant in the early 1970s when Martin Luther King Blvd was being built. If so, the new boulevard would caused its final demise.

St. Barnabas Episcopal Church , building #3 ,late 1890s early 1900s.

Sun Paper 1907 Dedication of the Newly Christened St. Barnabas Catholic Church

1896 Baltimore City Atlas, St. Barnabas W. Biddle St, near Argyle Ave.