| Marker Number |
11042 |
| Atlas Number |
5403011042 |
| Marker Title |
McMahan's Chapel |
| Index Entry |
McMahan's Chapel |
| Address |
Spur 35 |
| City |
Geneva |
| County |
Sabine |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
408308 |
| UTM Northing |
3480457 |
| Subject Codes |
churches |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
McMahan's Chapel Cemetery, 2.6 mi. W of Geneva on SH 21, 1.3 mi. S on Spur 35 (McMahan's Chapel Road) |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
1936 Texas Centennial monument (pink granite and bronze) |
| Marker Text |
The oldest Methodist church having a continuous existence in Texas. Organized as a "religious society," 1833, at the home of Colonel Samuel McMahan by the Rev. James P. Stevenson (1808-1885). As a Methodist Church, July 1834, by the Rev. Henry Stephenson. First building was completed in 1839 by the Rev. Littleton Fowler and given the name of McMahan's Chapel. Displaced by a new building in 1872 and again in 1900. Erected by the State of Texas 1936 |
