Phillips Chapel CME Church has graced 4th and Colorado for more than a century. When it was built in 1909, it was the only church in Santa Monica used exclusively by African-Americans. It recently became a historic landmark because of its significance in Santa Monica's African-American community. Though it ha been used as a school and meeting lodge at times, it is now a house of worship and Bible study once again. Come by on a Sunday morning and you may find Reverand U.L. Butts leading the choir in a hymn.