Details for Wallace United Methodist Church
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5467011445
Data
| Marker Number | 11445 |
| Atlas Number | 5467011445 |
| Marker Title | Wallace United Methodist Church |
| Index Entry | Wallace United Methodist Church |
| Address | 151 VZ CR 1501 |
| City | Canton |
| County | Van Zandt |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 223796 |
| UTM Northing | 3604643 |
| Subject Codes | churches; Methodist denomination |
| Marker Year | 1976 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From Canton take FM 243 W about 4.5 mi. then S. on CR 2501 about 0.1 mi.; Church burned in October 2019. Marker is in storage. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | Replacement In Progress |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Settled in the 1840s, Wallace community grew into a rural trading center with a general store and school. This Methodist congregation, organized in 1889 by the Rev. W. D. Wheeler and eight charter members, met first in the schoolhouse. W. H. Bailey, G. J. Loughmiller, George Richards, and W. P. Wallace gave funds for the present church building, erected in 1910, during the pastorate of the Rev. D. S. Burke. Despite a decrease in rural population, this country church maintains its heritage of service to the community. (1976) |