Bethel School and Bethel Church - Coppell, TX
N 32° 57.575 W 096° 58.606
14S E 689104 N 3648622
A sign placed by the Coppell Historical Society faces S Moore Rd just south of its intersection with E Bethel School Rd in Coppell, noting this as the site of the Bethel Freewill Baptist Church and the Bethel School, now just memories.
Waymark Code: WM16F1T
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/17/2022
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The sign reads:
Two identical wood frame buildings were located on this corner: Bethel Freewill Baptist Church on the right and Bethel School on the left, both buildings facing east. The one-room buildings were built in the 1890s.
Bethel School served farming families in the area. Some local residents who taught in the school were Sallie Kirkland Brooks, W.L. Gregory, J. Clyde Drury, and Pleas Corbin. The building was abandoned in 1928 when three local schools — Bethel, Gentry, and Coppell — consolidated into one school, now Pinkerton Elementary School.
Bethel Baptist Church remained in use until it burned in 1915. Its presence probably influenced the naming of the Bethel area.
The Coppell Historical Society
2015
Group that erected the marker: Coppell Historical Society
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
E Bethel School Rd & S Moore Rd
Coppell, TX USA
75019
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