Details for Avoca Methodist Church
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5253000252
Data
| Marker Number | 252 |
| Atlas Number | 5253000252 |
| Marker Title | Avoca Methodist Church |
| Index Entry | Avoca Methodist Church |
| Address | |
| City | Avoca |
| County | Jones |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 432996 |
| UTM Northing | 3636752 |
| Subject Codes | eccesiastical buildings; churches; Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination |
| Marker Year | 1981 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | Howard Street |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text | This church grew from an 1887 brush arbor camp meeting in the Spring Creek community of Avo (1.5 miles west), conducted by the Rev. J. H. Wiseman, a Methodist circuit rider. The congregation moved to the new railroad town of Avoca when the present sanctuary was completed in 1906. The original steeple was later destroyed by a storm, and the belfry was added in 1953 under the supervision of the Rev. Joe Grimes to house two railroad locomotive bells. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark -1981. |