Established in 1887 by formerly enslaved black Texans, forming the center of the Dabney Hill community. This church served as a place for meetings and lodging for people who were not permitted to stay anywhere else during Jim Crow. Over 130 years later, its future is uncertain after a storm nearly destroyed it.

Built before 1910, the two-story Ethiopian Star Lodge Hall is an important landmark in the Dabney Hill Freedom Colony and remains its last surviving institutional structure. It is located behind the church. It served as the space where groups could decide on important topics, such as shaping the political and economical standards of their communities. 

Still standing is an old gym once used for recreational purposes and now being used as storage. The open plot of land behind the sign is where Jones High School once stood. It was during segregation that this school was for only colored people. Grades K-12 and had about 500-600 people. When integration happened all of the students were located at nearby Snook High. Parts of the Jones School building were later moved and reused.