St. Paul's Baptist Church - Paris, TX
N 33° 39.963 W 095° 33.267
15S E 263152 N 3728057
The old sanctuary of St. Paul's Baptist Church is at 454 2nd, NE, Paris, TX, right next to their current facility. The sanctuary was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. Sunday services are at 11 AM and 7 PM.
Waymark Code: WMR1MQ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/28/2016
Views: 6
A 1974 Texas Historical Marker in front of the building provides just a bit of background:
Organized 1867; one of founding churches (1872), Zion District Baptist Association. Original pastor, the Rev. Elisha Barnes (1811-95), served 20 years, led congregation to build (about 1876) its first church. The Rev. C.N. Hampton, pastor 1895-1920, saw a brick edifice erected, lost in 1916 Paris fire. Present church was finished under the Rev. J.H. Harris. Other pastors: W.M. Conner, L.M. Luke, C.B. Martin, S.A. Tillman, J.R. Miner, L.V. Bolton, J.A. Brown, M.J. Stewart, B.S. Peoples, T.J. Houston, L.K. Kimbrough, E.Rhodes, V.C.L. Coleman, J.E. Coby, S.K. Bizzell, H.M. McCown, L.H. Brown, W.E. Bradford, and W.S. Wright.
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Their congregation were brave survivors of the 1916 fire that destroyed a significant part of Paris, and which still defines the city's character one hundred years later. It took them a few years to rebuild -- compare the date of the 1921 rebuild on the cornerstone to the 1916s and 1917s on the square, where there was more money available -- and another stone on the building indicates that they remodeled in 1948.
Street address:
454 2nd St NE
Paris, TX USA
75460
County / Borough / Parish: Lamar
Year listed: 1988
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering
Periods of significance: 1900-1924
Historic function: Religion
Current function: Religion
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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