St. Paul Baptist Church - 1948 - Paris, TX
N 33° 39.968 W 095° 33.263
15S E 263159 N 3728066
A 1948 remodel is noted by a stone on the St. Paul Baptist Church, 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: WMR1YY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/30/2016
Views: 1
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 this later stone indicates that they remodeled in 1948:
St. Paul Baptist Church
Remodeled 1948
Rev. V.C.L. Coleman, B.Th. Pastor
Deacons
Walter Wells
F.W. Armstrong
Fred Biard
F.C. Bates
P.G. Griffith
Lorenzo Graves
E.G. Sutton
T.G. Graves
Trustees
G.M. Guest, Chm.
J. Hickman
R.B. McDonald
I.A. Anthony
Carl Ferguson
M.C. Colvin
T.L. Wedgeworth
Sis. H.E. Wortham
Church Clerk
Sis. Hattie Graves
Finance Clerk
Olive Branch
Lodge No. 19
B & A.M. [Masonic compass and square]
Year built or dedicated as indicated on the structure or plaque: 1948
Website (if available): [Web Link]
Full Inscription (unless noted above): Not listed
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