First Baptist Church - Columbia, MS
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lovorn
N 31° 15.275 W 089° 49.961
16R E 230244 N 3461278
A Mississippi Historic Marker on High School Ave in Columbia, MS
Waymark Code: WMD6KT
Location: Mississippi, United States
Date Posted: 11/27/2011
Views: 5
Text on the marker reads:
First Baptist Church
In 1883, Pastor T.S. Howell from Bunker Hill Church in rural Marion County, and six local believers met at the courthouse to organize a Baptist church within the city limits of Columbia. Early meetings were held in the courthouse, the Masonic Hall, and the Methodist Church. It was not until 1890 that the first sanctuary was erected on Dale St near the city cemetery. The First Baptist Church moved to this location on High School Ave in 1912. The Congregation hosted The Mississippi Baptist Convention in 1913.
Date Installed:: 2008/1/1
Organization that placed the object:: Mississippi Department of Archives and History
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