First Baptist Church - Colorado City, TX
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N 32° 23.384 W 100° 51.876
14S E 324614 N 3585165
The organization of the this church was the result of the missionary efforts of George Washington Baines, the great-grandfather of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the thirty-sixth President of the United States.
Waymark Code: WM109CA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/25/2019
Views: 1
Marker Text:
Founded as a mission station in 1881 by The Rev. George W. Baines (1809-1882), a former President of Baylor University and in 1880s a Baptist State Convention agent. The Rev. Peter Turner, an Englishmen, organized the church in 1882. Building site was donated by U.S. Senator and ex-Governor of Georgia Joseph E. Brown, a Texas & Pacific Railroad investor, developer of Colorado townsite. A.W. Dunn, J.T. Hutchins, J.B. Putnam, Alf H.H. Tolar, and G.W. Waddell were church trustees.
The original small box structure was meeting place of all denominations until destroyed by tornado in May 1884. It was replaced by a similar frame building.
In 1890, Pastor J.C. Burkett reported 140 on roll. This church joined that year with other members of Sweetwater Baptist Association to implement charter for Simmons College (now Hardin-Simmons University).
In pastorate (1895) of The Rev. B.H. Carroll, Jr., a 4-room structure was erected. Classrooms and basement, added later, became emergency hospital for tornado victims on May 14, 1923. In 1924, this and neighboring county formed Mitchell-Scurry Baptist Association.
Present church was built in 1928; annex in 1961. Congregation has included many community leaders; it has been active in home and foreign mission fields.
Date Built: 01/01/1928
Age of Church building determined by?: Other reliable source
Service Times:
10:55 a.m. -- Morning Worship /
6:00 p.m. -- Evening Worship
Website: [Web Link]
Church Address:
301 Chestnut Street
Colorado City, TX USA
79512
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