The Episcopal Church of St. John the Baptist was a historic chapel in Capitola, California from 1889 to 2009.
The first meeting of an Episcopal Church group in the area was on June 24, 1889, the feast day of Saint John the Baptist.
Services were held in private homes while money was slowly raised to build a church named for the saint.
In 1897 Frederick A. Hind donated land at 216 Oakland Avenue, at 36°58′30″N 121°56′52″W / 36.97500°N 121.94778°W / 36.97500; -121.94778 (Old Church of St. John) on the bluff above his resort called Depot Hill.
[3] In 1989 a new site was selected on vacant land in Aptos, California near Seacliff State Beach a few miles to the south at 36°58′38″N 121°54′45″W / 36.97722°N 121.91250°W / 36.97722; -121.91250 on McGregor Drive.