Janis Joplin used to spend time at this location as a teenager and young adult when it was a coffee house. The youths would drink coffee, listen to music and read poetry.

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After Janis finished high school, she attended Port Arthur College (where her mother worked as a the registrar) and earned a key punch certificate.

Joplin would go on to study at Lamar University in Beaumont and at the University of Texas in Austin as an art major. Port Arthur College became Lamar State College-Port Arthur.

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In 1961, the Joplin family transferred their membership to this congregation.

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Janis Joplin, her sister Laura, and her mother were all member of the First Christian Church when it was at this location in the early 1950s. Janis was baptized here in 1950 by Rev. John M Hughes, and she sang in the youth choir.

Many years later, a painting by Janis of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemene was found in the church closet and is now on display at the Museum of the Gulf Coast.

The First Christina Church moved to 5856 9th Ave, and has an autographed picture of Janis in the choir on display.

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Janis Joplin went to high school at this location when it was known as Thomas Jefferson High School (now known as Thomas Edison Middle School).

By most accounts, Joplin was an awkward teenager and used music as an outlet.

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