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First Baptist Church of Blossom

Blossom, Lamar County

Marker Text

Organized in 1873 by the Rev. Sam Anderson. Early services were held in a log schoolhouse, and baptisms conducted in ponds or cotton gin pools. The first permanent sanctuary, built about 1880 on land donated by G. B. Eades, was one large room with a bell tower. The church was a member of the Lamar County Baptist Association. A brick veneer building replaced the old frame church in 1909. The church women paid for the roof by giving pie suppers and selling homemade hominy. The present structure was dedicated in 1967.

Marker Details

Address 200 S. Young St.
Location Description
Marker # 8194
Dedicated 1974
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code Baptist denomination; churches
Latitude, Longitude 33.659916, -95.381181

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