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Follett United Methodist Church and Church Bell

Follett, Lipscomb County

Marker Text

The Rev. Grant. L. Hayes, first Methodist circuit rider in this area, founded the Ivanhoe, Oklahoma, church 3 miles to the north in 1902; the Stillwater Church, 6 miles east, in Texas in 1904. After Follett originated on the Santa Fe Railroad in 1917, the two congregations merged here. The Old Ivanhoe church bell, cast in Ohio in 1907, was relocated at the Follett building site in 1919, installed in first church tower in 1924, and brought as a link from the historic past to the modern church (built 1961) in 1976. (1977)

Marker Details

Address E. Ivanhoe St.
Location Description E. Ivanhoe Street, Follett
Marker # 1936
Dedicated 1977
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code churches; Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination
Latitude, Longitude 36.433235, -100.137104

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