St. John's Maroon Church
A white church of wood and stone built in the 1820s by descendants of Jamaican Maroons, and one of the oldest buildings in Freetown's Creole history.
The Maroons, descendants of runaway slaves, were exiled from Jamaica by the British in the 1790s and later moved to Freetown. Around 1820 they built this church. Its white walls, pointed windows and wooden galleries remain well preserved, and it is said that some of the timber came from slave ships. The church stands on Siaka Stevens Street, just over 100 meters from the National Museum. You can view the exterior at any time, while the interior is generally open during services.
Opening hours
Exterior all day; open Sundays
Nearby sights
- Sierra Leone National Museum
- Big Market
- St. George's Cathedral, Freetown
- Old Fourah Bay College Building
- Sierra Leone National Railway Museum
- Leicester Peak
- Lumley Beach
- Tacugama Chimpanzee Sanctuary