1959 - First Baptist Church - Canton, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 33.317 W 095° 51.940
15S E 230918 N 3605609
There is a new building and an old building which is now used as a chapel. This cornerstone is on the Chapel building.
Waymark Code: WM14NNN
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/01/2021
Views: 1
This is a red brick building with a steeple above the entrance. The entrance has a covered porch supported by four columns. Historical Marker is in front of this chapel.
Historical Marker Text:
First organized church in city. Founded under leadership of the Rev. J. B. McDaniel, first pastor, Sept. 21, 1871. Charter members: Francis M. and Sue L. Hobbs; Mary King; Montgomery W. and Nancy Knox; Melissa J. and Silphia McCarthy; Elizabeth, Francis, Robert, and Robert McClellen, Jr.; Allen W. and Martha Riley; Susan Wages; Martha Jane Willis. F. M. Hobbs was first clerk; W. M. Knox, D.L. Riley, W. N. Hale, early deacons. Sunday School was started 1885. A purchased school building at this site was first church; another was built 1906; present plant was completed in 1959.
Year of construction: 1959
Full inscription:
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
ORGANIZED 1871 - ERECTED 1959
... JESUS CHRIST HIMSELF BEING THE
CHIEF CORNERSTONE. - EPH. 2:20
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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