FIRST -- Methodist Church in the Texas Hill Country, Fredericksburg TX
N 30° 16.455 W 098° 52.455
14R E 512094 N 3349181
The historic marker at the former First Methodist Church of Fredericksburg, now the headquarters of the Gillespie Co. Historical Society, proclaims this church as the first Methodist church in the Texas Hill Country.
Waymark Code: WMQR3N
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/21/2016
Views: 4
This building, the former home of the First Methodist Church of Fredericksburg, is located at 312 W San Antonio Street near downtown.
A state historic marker in the front yard shares the history of this congregation and building as the first Methodist Church organized in the Texas Hill Country.
The Historic marker reads as folows:
"FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FREDERICKSBURG
Oldest Methodist church in the Hill Country, founded 1849 as a German mission by the Rev. Eduard Schneider. The charter members: Melchior and Rosine Bauer, Johann and Margaretha Durst, Friedrich and Sophie Ellebracht, Ernst and Dorothea Houy, Ferdinand and Maria Kneese, Ludwig Kneese, Heinrich and Catharine Steihl, Jacob and Catharine Treibs, Fritz and Fredericka (Mary) Winkel.
In 1855, during pastorate of the Rev. C. A. Grote, a 40 x 60-foot native stone church was built. It still serves after 1912-14, 1923, and 1948-49 remodelings. (1972)"
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