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Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church.Members clasp hands during a final song and prayer at Macedonia on Third Ave. N. in Naples. This church started in 1929 near where Crayton Cove is now, a part of town formerly called Ditch Bank. By the 50s, Naples black families left Ditch Bank to make way for development by the Cove, moving to River Park. The churchs current home at 1006 Third Ave. N. opened in 1954, after the Watkins family, owners of the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club, donated land.

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Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church.Members clasp hands during a final song and prayer at Macedonia on Third Ave. N. in Naples. This church started in 1929 near where Crayton Cove is now, a part of town formerly called Ditch Bank. By the 50s, Naples black families left Ditch Bank to make way for development by the Cove, moving to River Park. The churchs current home at 1006 Third Ave. N. opened in 1954, after the Watkins family, owners of the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club, donated land.