| Marker Number |
9087 |
| Atlas Number |
5491009087 |
| Marker Title |
First United Methodist Church of Bartlett |
| Index Entry |
First United Methodist Church of Bartlett |
| Address |
FM 487 (Clark Street ) & S. Cotrell St. |
| City |
Bartlett |
| County |
Williamson |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
649669 |
| UTM Northing |
3408210 |
| Subject Codes |
Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination; churches |
| Marker Year |
|
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
FM 487 (Clark Street) & S. Cotrell St., Bartlett |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Organized between 1870 and 1875 as the Indian Creek Church, this congregation moved to Bartlett about 1885. Services were held in a store, schoolhouse, and Baptist church before construction of a Methodist church in 1890. Built in 1896, the present sanctuary was enlarged in 1912 and dedicated on June 19, 1921, after a donation by Mrs. S. T. Morrison helped pay the debt. Dedication speaker was the Rev. H. A. Boaz, an early pastor here who later became a bishop and president of Southern Methodist University. The fellowship grew from 13 members to a peak of 310 in the late 1950s. |
