Marker Number |
11653 |
Atlas Number |
5005011653 |
Marker Title |
Beulah Congregational Methodist Church |
Index Entry |
Beulah Congregational Methodist Church |
Address |
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City |
Lufkin vicinity |
County |
Angelina |
UTM Zone |
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UTM Easting |
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UTM Northing |
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Subject Codes |
churches; Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination |
Marker Year |
1998 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
Marker Location |
12 miles southeast of Lufkin on FM 58 |
Private Property |
No |
Marker Condition |
In Situ |
Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
Marker Text |
Allen Squyres, son of Beaulah pioneers, joined the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1845. He was licensed to preach in 1868 after his return from the Civil War. In 1883, area Methodists left the church they shared with local Baptists to form a Methodist Episcopal Church. The Rev. Mr. Squyres left the Methodist Episcopal Church and became a Congregational Methodist in 1889; in 1892, the Methodist Episcopal congregation moved to Beulah and joined the Congregational Methodist Conference with the Rev. Allen Squyres as their first pastor. With 34 members in 1998, the Beulah Congregational MEthodist Church continued to provide worship services and community outreach to Beaulah and Angelina County. (1998) |