The First Baptist Church - Alexander City, AL
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N 32° 56.617 W 085° 57.224
16S E 597801 N 3645521
Marker provides the history establishing the First Baptist Church, located in Court Square, in Alexander City.
Waymark Code: WMHXKZ
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 08/24/2013
Views: 6
Marker Text:
In the summer of 1872 a few residents in the village of Youngsville gathered for a revival held on the hill later occupied by Mistletoe Bough. Alexander City’s First Baptist Church and the First United Methodist Church trace their origins from that union revival held under a bush arbor.
On August 3, 1872 eleven men and women guided by Rev. A. K. Tribble met under the bush arbor and organized the Youngsville Baptist Church. J. T. P. Christian and B. B. Reams were elected deacons and T. S. Christian, Sr. was elected clerk. Following the town’s name change the next year, the church became the Alexander City Baptist Church. Sunday services were held once a month until 1879.
On this site in 1877 the congregation erected its first house-of-worship, a wood-frame structure valued at $1000. The church erected new sanctuaries on this site in 1906 and in 1967.
Marker Name: The First Baptist Church 1872
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Alabama Historical Association.
Website: http://www.fbcalexandercity.org
Date Dedicated / Placed: 2001
Marker Number: Not Listed
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