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 First United Methodist Church of Junction
N 30° 29.370 W 099° 46.212
14R E 426082 N 3373280
The state historic marker in front of the elegant First United Methodist Church of Junction
Waymark Code: WMPQ58
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/05/2015
Views: 5
Another interpretation of Spanish Mission Revival architecture injunction, the First United Methodist Church located at 904 Main Street also sports a state historic marker.
Marker Number: 13465
Marker Text:
Early Junction residents built brush arbors for religious meetings, and by the 1870s, the city had an active Methodist Society, which hosted traveling ministers, such as the fiery "Fighting Parson" Andrew Jackson Potter. The Junction Methodists became a mission church of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1881. Members built a sanctuary and parsonage in 1889, and the congregation continued to grow. Gov. Coke R. Stevenson, who grew up in the congregation, served on the building committee for the church's 1930 Spanish mission-style sanctuary. Today, the church continues to be a center for worship, education and community activity. (2006)
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