Details for First Baptist Church of Chico

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5497001620

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Marker Number 1620
Atlas Number 5497001620
Marker Title First Baptist Church of Chico
Index Entry First Baptist Church of Chico
Address Church and Weatherford
City Chico
County Wise
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 611965
UTM Northing 3684171
Subject Codes Baptist denomination; churches
Marker Year 1974
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location Church & Weatherford Streets, Chico
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Organized in 1874 in home of B. F. Booth by Missionary Noah T. Byars (1808-88), assisted by the Reverend Sithemore, who became pastor. Congregation met at Booth's and in the H. P. Morris home until it acquired site east of present church and built a brush arbor for summertime use, worshiping in the schoolhouse in winter. The earliest frame church was replaced by a larger one in 1908; Sunday School rooms were added in 1936; the educational building was erected in 1959; the present sanctuary was completed in 1962. Original membership of five has increased to more than 400.
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