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 Meadowbrook Methodist Church Posted by:  QuesterMark
N 32° 44.556 W 097° 16.047
14S E 662326 N 3624079
This marker, in front of a large Methodist Church in east Fort Worth, Tarrant County, relates the history of a congregation that was formed in 1928 from two smaller congregations that date to 1911.
Waymark Code: WMR4T
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2006
Views: 32
Index Entry: Meadowbrook Methodist Church
Address: 3900 Meadowbrook Dr.
City: Fort Worth
County: Tarrant
Subject Codes: CH; ME;
Year Marker Erected: 1993
Designations: na
Marker Location: 3900 Meadowbrook Drive, Fort Worth
Marker Size: 27" x 42"
Marker Number: 3310
Marker Text:
This congregation traces its original to the establishment in 1911 of the Sycamore Heights Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and the Sagamore Hill Methodist Episcopal Church, South. These two small mission congregations, initially led by theology student Alonzo Monk, Jr., were located in the Meadowbrook section of the former Polytechnic Community of eastern Fort Worth. Having outgrown their respective facilities by 1925, the two churches, located within the same residential district, merged in 1928 to form the Meadowbrook Methodist Episcopal Church, South. That year, 475 charter members held their first church services in a newly built two-story frame sanctuary located in the 3900 block of Meadowbrook Drive. The Rev. Jesse Herman Baldridge was the congregation's First Pastor.
In 1939 the Meadowbrook Methodist Episcopal Church, South, became the Meadowbrook Methodist Episcopal Church. The frame building was converted to a Sunday school and a new Gothic-style stone sanctuary was completed in 1949. Subsequent building programs over the next two decade resulted in the improvement of classroom facilities and the construction of a fellowship hall. Meadowbrook United Methodist Church continues to serve the community with a variety of programs. (1993)
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