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 First Methodist Church of Shiner
N 29° 25.352 W 097° 09.745
14R E 678263 N 3256204
A marker along the shoulder of US 90-Alt in Lavaca County gives the early history of the church on the hilltop behind the marker's location.
Waymark Code: WMQ6GK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/29/2015
Views: 8
The present address of the Shriner First United Methodist Church is 102 W.Church Street, Shiner TX. The present building is mentioned in the TX historical marker and is a three story facility. This is the third building of worship for this church since its founding. The historical marker is alongside the shoulder of US 90-Alt, which is called Avenue E as it passes through the town of Shiner. Church Street and Peck are two streets that intersect with Avenue E/US 90-Alt on either side of the marker. The church building is visible up the hillside directly behind the marker. Additional references: ( visit link)
Marker Number: 1769
Marker Text:
The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, of Shiner, Texas, was organized on November 1, 1887, in the office of L. P. Amsler, Shiner's first mayor. The Rev. C. C. Armstrong presided over the first service. In 1889 local rancher David Kokernot donated a small building to the community which was relocated to a town lot deeded to the church by the Shiner Townsite Company. The upper floor of the building housed a Masonic Lodge and the ground floor was used for services of the Methodist congregation. Eliza Amsler Welhausen formed a Sunday school in 1890. The original Masonic Lodge/church building was relocated and a new sanctuary was erected in 1914. The congregation began as a mission church and continued to be served by circuit preachers on a part-time basis until 1950 when a full-time pastor was appointed. By that time the congregation had formed a Vacation Bible School and a women's society. In 1954 the congregation was recognized as the outstanding rural church of the Southwest Methodist Conference. A new three-level complex, built here in 1961 on 6.4 acres donated by the Welhausen Land and Cattle Company, represents the congregation's three distinct fields of activity: worship, education, and fellowship.
Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845-1995
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