First Prostestant Church - Hudspeth County, TX
Posted by: YoSam.
N 31° 10.614 W 105° 21.390
13R E 466029 N 3449261
Now a small United Methodist Church
Waymark Code: WMKQP8
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/18/2014
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County of first: Hudspeth County
location of first: N. Archie Ave. (FM 1111), Sierra Blanca
On a marker erected by Texas Historical Survey Committee in 1968
Marker text:
SIERRA BLANCA
METHODIST CHURCH
Organized 1907. County's First Protestant Church.
Held services in a school until present structure was built in 1909;
Adobe, with Gothic Windows and bell tower.
Early settlers of all faiths worshipped here.
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