Conway Community Church - Square House Museum - Panhandle, TX
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 35° 20.740 W 101° 22.795
14S E 283725 N 3913976
Moved here from Conway after being restored.
Waymark Code: WMMRC4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2014
Views: 3
County of church: Carson County
Location of church: Elsie St. & 4th St., Square House Museum grounds, Panhandle
The church, now restored, is part of the Square House Museum. It is occasionally used for funerals and weddings, but no regular services.
There are two historic markers here. One outside on the lawn, placed here after the move, and one inside - which used to be mounted on the outside wall when the church was still in Conway.
I will give the text and accompanying supplemental plate text of those markers.
Marker One:
Erected by: State Historical Survey Committee
Date erected: 1966
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966
Text:
CONWAY
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Union church built 1912 by popular subscription. Only country church in this area in continuous use for more than 50 years. Serves great-grandchildren of the pioneers who contributed funds for its erection.
Supplemental plate to this marker reads: "This is the historical marker that was affixed to the outside of the church when it was located on its original site in Conway.
Marker Two:
Marker erected by: Texas Historical Commission
Date marker erected: 1993
Marker text:
CONWAY COMMUNITY CHURCH
Residents of Conway, established 9 miles south of here in 1905, attended non-denominational services in a relocated schoolhouse until this union church building was completed in 1912. It became an important gathering place for the Conway Community and housed regular worship services until 1968. Membership in the congregation dwindled and the building fell into disrepair. Former church members and area volunteers devoted thousands of hours to restore this structure to its historic condition and relocate it here to the Square House Museum Complex in 1991
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