The building was constructed in a predominantly African American community along Guilford Road, one of the "rolling roads" for hand-rolled barrel shipment of tobacco to market in Annapolis, Maryland.

[1] The site is associated with religious activities since 1860, in the final years of slavery in the newly formed Howard County.

The graveyard boundaries were not formally defined, with several unmarked gravemounds surrounding the site.

The adjacent historic residences under pressure from development have had their construction dates removed from state tax records.

[2] The church has been reviewed and certified as being a significant example of architecture, ethnic history and religion.