This congregation dates back to the summer of 1873 and is the first African American church organized in Dallas, Texas established by independent African American residents of Dallas. Its current website gives a date of July 27, 1873 for the origin. Over the years, it has conducted worship services in at least two locations. Its…
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This congregation dates back to the summer of 1873 and is the first African American church organized in Dallas, Texas established by independent African American residents of Dallas. Its current website gives a date of July 27, 1873 for the origin. Over the years, it has conducted worship services in at least two locations. Its…
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The above image is a portion of an article in 1976 discussing the congregation of the First United Methodist Church of Cedar Hill, which traces its membership back to the congregation that met in the Methodist church destroyed by the tornado. The article below is transcribed from The Dallas Daily Herald issue of May 10, 1856. Warning: Some…
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A tiny prairie town in Big D What a perfectly gorgeous day this past Saturday, April 29th as we all arrived at the Old Frankford Church for our in-town tour of the Church, Cemetery and surrounding Blackland Prairie. Matt Weinstein of Preservation Dallas, our host for the event, welcomed everyone and then handed it over…
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By Millie Coffey From my infancy the family attended Oak Lawn Christian Church on the corner of Herschel and Douglas streets, then later we moved to Preston Road Christian Church where I joined at the tender age of eight. Then one Sunday morning in August of 1934, Mother and I moved our membership to Greenville…
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Wheatland United Methodist Church is known as the “oldest Methodist church west of the Trinity River”. Originally it resided in the small farming community of Wheatland. The Wheatland community may have been older than Dallas or Hord’s Ridge (the original name of Oak Cliff). With settlers arriving just before Texas entered the American Union, Wheatland…
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When Col. W. L. and Lucinda William moved to Dallas in 1867 to set up his law practice, they wanted to worship at a Baptist church. Two little Baptists churches had already failed and a third one, Pleasant View Baptist, moved to the “suburbs,” or rather a small farming community nearby. It is still in existence today…
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Community Church – The church committee of Pleasant Valley was to be duly appointed, or elected, by the citizens of Pleasant Valley. This appointed committee then superintended construction of the Arbor Church around 1873. This building was used as a meeting place for the Baptist, Christian, Methodist Episcopal, and Cumberland Presbyterian church members. Thomas G.…
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Established 1866 History of the Cottonwood Church dates back to 1866. The old record book of the church’s earliest history has ended up in the care of the Wylie Christian Church. The following information was found in the 1866 record book, “State of Texas, County of Kaufman, (now Rockwall County) the undersigned met together on…
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First Christian Church Of Rowlett By Carolyn Sue Chenault Rowlett was a tiny farming community of less than 1,000 people when a church of the Disciples of Christ was founded there in 1893. It was the first church to be organized in this area of cotton, corn and onions. Thirteen church pioneers led by Aunt…
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