First Sermon in Colorado City -- First Presbyterian Church, Colorado City TX
N 32° 23.486 W 100° 51.852
14S E 324655 N 3585352
The First Presbyterian Church of Colorado City TX is located at 5th and Chestnut streets near downtown.
Waymark Code: WMHDH2
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/27/2013
Views: 7
The historic marker in front of the sanctuary of the First Presbyterian Church of Colorado City Texas lists several firsts for this historic congregation.
The marker reads as follows: (
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"On the second Sunday of January, 1881, The Rev. O.F. Rogers, a Presbyterian minister and school teacher from Mississippi, preached the first sermon ever heard in Colorado (City). The congregation met in a saloon, only large place in the tent town. The bar was covered with wagon sheets and after the sermon, a collection was taken for the minister.
A dug-out, floored with corn sacks and equipped with boxes for seats, housed the first formal church, organized in May with 11 charter members. W.J. Miller was installed as elder and the church was placed under control of the Texas Central Presbytery. In a few weeks, a tent was erected to accommodate church services, Sunday school and public school. P.O. Coleman, prominent doctor and educator, and J.E. Riordan, banker, were then named elders. Later, church members worshipped in the newly built school house.
The first permanent church building, located at Locust and Second Streets, was dedicated May 3, 1891. The first trustees were Dr. P.C. Coleman, W.J. Miller, William Kennedy, C.A. Arbuthnot and John Carlisle. The present church building was completed August 30, 1925, when The Rev. W.M. Elliott was Pastor. An education unit was added, 1957, under The Rev. Earl Clary, Pastor. (1969)
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