St. Luke’s United Methodist Church - Kilgore, TX
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N 32° 23.104 W 094° 52.424
15S E 323745 N 3584663
The Tudor Gothic buildings were designed by Paris, TX, architects Smith & Praeger.
Waymark Code: WMQ0F4
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/22/2015
Views: 3
From Historical Marker:
The Kilgore Methodist Society was organized in 1873 after many residents of New Danville (4 mi. NE) moved to Kilgore which was founded in 1872 after the railroad arrived in 1871. They erected a school building in 1873 at Martin and North streets (1 blk. N) for the Rev. Isaac Alexander (1832-1919), who transferred his New Danville Masonic Female Academy to Kilgore, renaming it Alexander Institute. He also conducted Sunday services there until 1883. In that year the neighboring Methodist congregations of Kilgore, Crossroads, Danville, and Pirtle formed the Kilgore Methodist Circuit, with the Rev. F. J. Browning as first pastor. In 1894 the Institute (later renamed Lon Morris College) moved to Jacksonville. Kilgore Methodists continued to meet in the Institute chapel. In 1904 the chapel was moved one block southwest (across Martin Street from this site). It was replaced there in 1915 with a frame sanctuary which was burned by arson in 1931 during the Kilgore oil boom. The current fieldstone sanctuary and the annex were built in 1932, and the 109-member Kilgore congregation became St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church, South, with the Rev. Bob L. Pool as the first full-time pastor.
Active church?: Yes
Year Built: 1932
Service times:
Regular Sunday Morning Schedule
8:30 a.m. Arise Worship
9:30 a.m. Bible Study Classes
11:30 a.m. Traditional Worship
Website: [Web Link]
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