256 - First United Methodist Church, Corpus Christi, TX
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N 27° 47.006 W 097° 23.678
14R E 658169 N 3074245
Marker is a little worse for wear with all the salt air.
Waymark Code: WMYB5M
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/24/2018
Views: 2
Historical Marker:
The Rev. John Haynie conducted Methodist worship services at Corpus Christi in 1846 as federal troops gathered in preparation for what would become the Mexican war. It was not until 1853, however, that a Methodist church was established in the city. That year the Rev. Henderson S. Lafferty directed formation of this congregation. The church's earliest building, the first constructed by a denomination in Corpus Christi, was a shellcrete structure located at the corner of Chaparral and Mann Streets.
Situated on land purchased from Col. Henry L. Kinney, the founder of Corpus Christi, the congregation's early facilities served as a community center and schoolhouse. They were also used as an emergency hospital during the city's yellow fever epidemics of 1854 and 1867. With the construction of additional buildings, the original block served until 1955, when new facilities were completed on Shoreline Drive.
Type of marker: Numbered
UMC Historic Site #: 256
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