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First Baptist Church, Bryan, Texas

Bryan, Brazos County

Marker Text

"Bryan Station, Brazos County, Nov. 21, 1866...I hope a better day is dawning, for last Sabbath a Baptist church was organized here and 16 members united with it," wrote Mrs. Sara Dodson. One block west of this site stood first house of worship, a two-story frame building that once was a tenpin alley and saloon; the first pews were planks laid on kegs. Rev. W.B. Eaves was the first pastor. The present church sanctuary, erected 1927, is seventh house of worship since its founding and third to be erected on this site since 1883.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description On Washington Avenue between 27th and 28th Streets, Bryan.
Marker # 8678
Dedicated 1966
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code Baptist denomination; churches
Latitude, Longitude 30.672157, -96.371318

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