| 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. |
