| Marker Number |
5605 |
| Atlas Number |
5497005605 |
| Marker Title |
United Methodist Church of Rhome |
| Index Entry |
United Methodist Church of Rhome |
| Address |
W. 1st Street and Dogwood |
| City |
Rhome |
| County |
Wise |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
642579 |
| UTM Northing |
3658460 |
| Subject Codes |
Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination; churches |
| Marker Year |
1982 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
W. 1st Street & Dogwood Streets, Rhome |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
28" x 18" |
| Marker Text |
Organized in the 1880s under the direction of the Reverend F. V. Evans, this church held early services in the Prairie Point Schoolhouse, under brush arbors and in a tent. The first building was completed in 1903 from funds raised by the congregation. It was located on land conveyed by Colonel Benjamin Morris and his wife Roxana, donors of the Rhome townsite. In 1940 the congregation moved to a remodeled building that had been the chapel of an early Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Since the 1880s, members of the United Methodist Church have led in Rhome's development. (1982) |
