The building serves as an event facility, offering historical, cultural and educational opportunities, owned and operated by the Springfield-Greene Co. Hampton, is a former church that was relocated to Silver Springs Park in 2015. The building now serves as an event facility, offering historical, cultural and educational opportunities, owned and operated by the Springfield-Greene County Park Board
. Timmons Temple Church of God in Christ was built in 1932 at the corner of Webster Street and Texas Avenue, overlooking Silver Springs Park. The small church served Springfield’s African American community for more than 80 years before the congregation outgrew the building and relocated in 2014. Timmons Temple was sold and slated for demolition. Nonprofit group Save Timmons Temple (now Friends of Timmons Temple) formed to preserve the church, noting its historic significance as well as its unique stone exterior, including sunburst patterns also found in the retaining walls in Silver Springs Park. In early 2015, in coordination with the Park Board, Timmons Temple was relocated by about 600 feet into Silver Springs Park. Through four years of private donation and in-kind labor, Friends of Timmons Temple carefully restored the building, officially reopening in 2019. Information on events, rentals and field trips is at ParkBoard.org/TimmonsHall
