McMahan's Chapel
N 31° 28.925 W 093° 58.481
15R E 407420 N 3483442
A pink block centennial highway marker along SH 21 at the Spur 35 turn off to McMahan's Chapel in Sabine County
Waymark Code: WMXE8K
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/01/2018
Views: 3
This handsome pink granite block marker is located in a nicely landscaped highway intersection at the SH 21 and Spur 35, the road to McMahan's Chapel.
Marker Number: 20173
Marker Text:
Two miles southeast to
McMAHAN'S CHAPEL
The oldest Methodist church having a continuous existence in Texas.
Organized as a "religious society," 1833, at the home of Colonel Samuel McMahan by the Reverend James P. Stevenson, 1808-1885.
As a Methodist Church, July 1834, by the Reverend Henry Stephenson.
First building was completed in 1839. Displaced by a new building in 1872 and again in 1900.
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