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ANNA FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Historical marker, 1993.

FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF ANNA
LIBERTY CHRISTIAN CHURCH (DISCIPLES OF CHRIST), ONE OF
THE EARLIEST CHRISTIAN CHURCHES IN TEXAS, WAS FOUNDED
IN NORTHERN COLLIN COUNTY BY PIONEER SETTLERS COLLIN
McKINNEY AND J. B. WILMETH IN 1846. IN 1854 A CHRISTIAN
SEMINARY WAS ESTABLISHED BY MEMBERS OF THE LIBERTY
CONGREGATION ABOUT TWO MILES NORTHWEST OF HERE IN
THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED COMMUNITY OF MANTUA.
THE HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD EXTENDED ITS
TRACK IN A NORTH-SOUTH ROUTE SEVERAL MILES EAST OF
MANTUA IN 1872. MANTUA SOON DECLINED IN FAVOR OF THE
NEW RAILROAD TOWNS OF VAN ALSTYNE (GRAYSON COUNTY) AND
ANNA WHICH DEVELOPED HERE IN THE EARLY 1880S.
ACCORDING TO LOCAL TRADITION MANTUA’S CHRISTIAN CON-
GREGATION SPLIT BETWEEN THE TWO NEW COMMUNITIES.
FORMER MANTUA CHURCH MEMBERS AND EARLY ANNA
RESIDENT REBECCA SHERLEY HELPED ORGANIZE THE FIRST
CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF ANNA IN 1882. ABOUT 1890 THE
FIRST SANCTUARY WAS BUILT HERE AT THE SITE OF THE
FORMER SHERLEY HOME. MAJOR ADDITIONS TO THE REAR OF
THE SANCTUARY WERE COMPLETED IN 1949. FIRST CHRISTIAN
CONTINUES TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH SPIRITUAL
GUIDANCE AND VARIOUS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS.

ANNA

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