First Methodist Church of Valley Mills
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N 31° 39.535 W 097° 28.258
14R E 644964 N 3503645
Quick Description: This marker is mounted on a small brick monument in front of the Church.
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 7/9/2008 9:14:53 PM
Waymark Code: WM45EG
Views: 11
Long Description:
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: First Methodist Church of Valley Mills
City: Valley Mills
County: Bosque
Subject Codes: Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist)
denomination; eccesiastical buildings; churches
Year Marker Erected: 1991
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location: SH 6 at 5th Street
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 1774
Marker Text:
Methodists in this area trace their history to the 1840s, when circuit-riding preachers began holding camp meetings on a nearby farm. In 1889, after the railroad caused Valley Mills to relocate south of the Bosque River, the Methodists built their first church, located in a residential area. In 1915 the congregation voted to move downtown. This brick structure, which features two inset temple-front entries with Ionic columns, was completed by 1916. Art glass windows, corbelled brickwork, and a pressed metal roof which simulates tile are also prominent.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1991
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