| Marker Number |
13460 |
| Atlas Number |
5507013460 |
| Marker Title |
Mobeetie United Methodist Church |
| Index Entry |
Mobeetie United Methodist Church |
| Address |
300 S. Wheeler Ave. |
| City |
Mobeetie |
| County |
Wheeler |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
369612 |
| UTM Northing |
3933202 |
| Subject Codes |
Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination; churches |
| Marker Year |
2006 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
New Mobeetie, Mobeetie United Methodist Church, W side Wheeler Ave. between 3rd and 4th streets |
| Private Property |
|
| Marker Condition |
|
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
Mobeetie developed from a buffalo hunters camp established in 1874 and Fort Elliott, which opened in 1875. Methodists Peter Gravis and J.T. Hosmer preached in the town in 1881, and by 1884, Mobeetie had a mission Methodist congregation. An 1898 tornado destroyed the sanctuary and most other buildings in town. In 1905, the community erected a shared Union Church building later bought by the Methodist congregation. The town moved closer to the railroad in the late 1920s. In 1930, church members built a basement in New Mobeetie and moved their worship services there. They built the present sanctuary in 1947, and the church continues to serve as an area spiritual center. (2006) |
