| Marker Number |
8194 |
| Atlas Number |
5277008194 |
| Marker Title |
First Baptist Church of Blossom |
| Index Entry |
First Baptist Church of Blossom |
| Address |
200 S. Young St. |
| City |
Blossom |
| County |
Lamar |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
279206 |
| UTM Northing |
3726993 |
| Subject Codes |
Baptist denomination; churches |
| Marker Year |
1974 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
|
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Organized in 1873 by the Rev. Sam Anderson. Early services were held in a log schoolhouse, and baptisms conducted in ponds or cotton gin pools. The first permanent sanctuary, built about 1880 on land donated by G. B. Eades, was one large room with a bell tower. The church was a member of the Lamar County Baptist Association. A brick veneer building replaced the old frame church in 1909. The church women paid for the roof by giving pie suppers and selling homemade hominy. The present structure was dedicated in 1967. |
