Harmon Street COGIC sits on the oldest and most historic plot of land in Dorinda.  Harmon Street COGIC now sits on 7 acres of land. Originally, there were 17 acres of land.

In 1833, the plot of land where Harmon Street COGIC sits was purchased by Ben Harmon.  Ben Harmon built a home for his family on the land. In 1837, Joe Harmon, Ben's son, let the soldiers from Dorinda use the house as a hideout during the "Water Crisis".  The house was stormed by the troops from Hardaway and Absanie in 1838.  The house and all the soldiers that were in the house were burnt in The "Water Crisis Massacre".  The land remained vacant until 1899 because people believed that the land haunted by the ghosts of the fallen soldiers of the "Water Crisis".

Andrew Deckard took over the land in 1899 because there was no one who could lay claim to the land.  Out of respect for the Harmon Family, the street that the land sat on was named Harmon Street.  Andrew Deckard built a house on one part of the land and gave the other part of the land to his nephew to build a church.  The Deckard family lived on the land until 1910 when the house mysteriously burned down.  Mark Deckard, Andrew's nephew and only surviving relative, sold the land, the church, and all to the Battles family in 1910.

The Battles family built a house on one part of the land and used the site where the church sat as a saloon and burlesque house. The closet building to the plot of land was 10 miles in every direction. No one wanted to be near "Ghostman's Pass" as the land was called.

The Battles' house mysteriously burned down in 1918. The Battles' Family built another house in its place.  In 1921, one of the Battles' daughters-in-law asked to convert the saloon and burlesque house into a school.  The school was built and used until 1926 when a young child was found in the schoolhouse murdered. About three months later, another child was found murdered.  The school was closed and torn down at the demand of the parents who had once sent their children to the school.

The second house that the Battles' had built on the land mysteriously burned down in 1936.  The Battles moved from the plot of land and it was left vacant until 1938.

In 1938, Turner Battles met a young COGIC evangelist that wanted to build a church. Turner told the young evangelist about the plot of land. Even after hearing the history of the land, the young evangelist still wanted to purchase the land.

Turner Battles decided to donate the land to the young evangelist as long as the evangelist named the church after the street that it sat on. Turner also donated money to help restore the land and to help build the church.

In 1940, the land had been restored and the church was finally completed. There was one problem with this newly built edifice. No one would come to Harmon Street COGIC because everyone was afraid of the myth that was associated with the land. The young evangelist and Turner Battles' son, Jason Battles, began to get people interested in coming to the church by developing the land around "Ghostman's Pass". A local cook and her husband were given 3 acres of land.  On this piece of land, they built a restaurant. Five acres of land were given to a young man.  He built a store on this piece of land.  The remaining two acres of land were used to build a house for the evangelist.

By 1942, the church had 150 members. In 1943, a new pastor was appointed to the church named Elder John McClendon. The young evangelist disappeared without a trace after Elder McClendon was appointed as pastor of the church.  No one could ever find a record that the young evangelist had ever existed. Harmon Street and the Harmon Street COGIC have flourished since then.

There have been no more strange occurrences on Harmon Street or "Ghostman's Pass".  Floyd Battles and Elder John McClendon built a monument to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers in the "Water Crisis" in 1948.  They placed a monument in front of the church with two plaques on it. One plaque read, "In honor of our fallen soldiers" and the other plaque reads, "Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."