249 - Marvin United Methodist Church - Tyler, TX
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N 32° 21.039 W 095° 18.176
15S E 283282 N 3581634
A Late Gothic Revival Style church building that is on the National Register of Historical Places.
Waymark Code: WMWE7B
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2017
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Text from Historical Marker:
First church in Smith County. Organized 1848 by the Revs. Sam Box and Alexander Douglas. Had all-faiths services at first in log cabin on Courthouse Square, later in Adams blacksmith shop, south of Square. In 1852 built across street from this site, a 2-story church and lodge hall in cooperation with Masons.
Present church, erected 1890 (now Tyler's oldest church), was named in 1891 to honor Bishop Enoch Mather Marvin (1823-1877), C. S. A. Chaplain, famed in Missouri and Texas for powerful sermons. Building was expanded 1923, 1942, 1952. Church has had 45 pastors.
Type of marker: Numbered
UMC Historic Site #: 249
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