For Janice Myles and her seven siblings, their lives are forever bound up in the life and death of their father's church. The Rev. Leonard L. Hester and his wife, Parthena, founded New Light Baptist Church in 1954, making it a family endeavor that shaped their childhood and community involvement, including singing in the choir and redecoration efforts when the church moved in 1977.
After years of declining membership, the Hesters lost New Light to foreclosure in 2014. Architect Josiah Maddock then transformed the historic church into a residential property, altering its character and purpose, while currently housing tenants who create a new form of communal living, seemingly detached from its historical roots.
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