| Marker Number |
7325 |
| Atlas Number |
5223007325 |
| Marker Title |
Shooks Chapel Methodist Church |
| Index Entry |
Shooks Chapel Methodist Church |
| Address |
|
| City |
Sulphur Springs |
| County |
Hopkins |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
257560 |
| UTM Northing |
3663124 |
| Subject Codes |
cemetery; churches; Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination |
| Marker Year |
1988 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
SH 154, 1.1 mi. south of Sulphur Springs |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
This church traces its history to 1886, when area settlers organized a congregation of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. The church was named for the Rev. W. A. Shook, who held the first revival here. The congregation met in a brush arbor or a nearby schoolhouse until a sanctuary was built on land donated by B. P. Joiner. Early worship services were led by student pastors who were often paid in produce. Associated with the church is a community cemetery, begun in 1889. A second sanctuary, built in 1916, was replaced by a new structure in 1974. |
