First United Methodist Church Tower - 1927 - Bastrop, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 30° 06.783 W 097° 19.172
14R E 661905 N 3332503
Free standing tower is at the NE corner of the church.
Waymark Code: WM13CTH
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/09/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member ScroogieII
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"The bell holds its own history apart from the church and, at the same time, is woven with it. It originally was the bell on the steamboat Water Moccasin in 1851. The boat was built and christened in Bastrop, successfully steamed to Matagorda Bay, on the return trip run aground down river from Bastrop and had to be dismantled. The Bastrop Military Academy, operated by the Methodist church, fell heir to the bell. In 1892, the academy closed. No longer used to summon school classes, it was placed in a cupola in 1928 on the current church grounds."

Year built or dedicated as indicated on the structure or plaque: 1927

Full Inscription (unless noted above):
MEMORIAL BELL TOWER
DEDICATED TO THE
M.E. CHURCH SOUTH
BY MRS. BENJ.D. ORGAIN
A.D.1927
BASTROP                     TEXAS


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