| Marker Number |
7387 |
| Atlas Number |
5181007387 |
| Marker Title |
Hopewell Baptist Church |
| Index Entry |
Hopewell Baptist Church |
| Address |
601 W. Bond St. |
| City |
Denison |
| County |
Grayson |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
727595 |
| UTM Northing |
3738358 |
| Subject Codes |
African American topics; Baptist denomination; churches |
| Marker Year |
1977 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
W. Bond St. at N. Mirick Ave. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
In 1874 this church was founded to serve the black community of this growing railroad town. Ministers from several Baptist churches in the county helped organize the new fellowship. Some of the charter members transferred from St. John Baptist Church in Preston Bend. In 1877 fire destroyed the congregation's first meeting place. A frame building erected at this site was replaced in 1891 by a brick edifice. The present church was begun in 1915. U. S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall spoke here in 1950, when Hopewell was host to the NAACP Regional Convention. (1977) |
