I’ve also seen this referenced as Crossroads Primitive Baptist Church. The adjacent cemetery is quite large, with many older graves.
Crossroad Church, Cook County
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St. James A.M.E. Church, Circa 1922, Adel
St. James African Methodist Episcopal Church was established in the 1890s and built their first home on West Fifth Street. John Caesar is thought to have been the first pastor. Other pastors were F. D. Hightower, J. W. Hall, A. R. Cooper, B. Gay, and J. E. Brown.
The church bought this lot on North Maple Street in 1922 and built the present structure around that time. C. W. Harris was pastor at the time.
Renovations were made in 2002, under the leadership of Reverend Jasper Drew.
Mount Pleasant C.M.E. Church, 1910, Adel
Mt. Pleasant Christian Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1891, but the names of the organizers are unknown with the exception of the first Pastor who was a Reverend Home. Early services were held in an arbor and a simple church building was constructed soon thereafter. In 1910, during the pastorate of J. H. Davis, the present church was erected. It’s one of the oldest African-American congregations in Adel.
Salem Primitive Baptist Church, 1859, Adel
A marker placed on the church by the John Howell, Sr. Chapter of the Colonial Dames of the 17th Century notes that this is the oldest church in Cook County. Constituted in July 1859, it was known for many years as the Lime Sink Church, for the mysterious lake located adjacent to the property and historically used by the congregation for baptisms. The so-called lime sink is a mystery because its source is unknown and analysis has never found any lime at the site.