Zephyr Gospel Tabernacle
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This post-mounted medallion and plate marker stands in a field next to the tabernacle, on FM 218, a block from SH 183, in Zephyr.
Waymark Code: WMDTG4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/22/2012
Views: 9
Marker erected by Texas Historical Commission.
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Zephyr Gospel Tabernacle
City: Zephyr
County: Brown
Subject Codes: eccesiastical buildings; churches
Year Marker Erected: 1976
Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Marker Location: SH 218, 1 block east of US 183, Zephyr
Marker Size: Medallion and Plate
Marker Number: 5949
Marker Text:
In 1898 John N. Coffey (1847-1919) and John Schwalm (1825-1900) deeded this site for a community tabernacle. Townspeople donated labor and material to erect this open air shelter and to rebuild it after damage from a 1909 cyclone that devastated Zephyr. Many towns in Texas once had tabernacles like this for summer church revivals, political rallies, and social events. The Zephyr Home Demonstration Club led community restoration of this structure in 1976.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1976
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