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FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FARMERSVILLE

Historical marker, 1992

FIRST METHODIST CHURCH OF FARMERSVILLE
THIS CONGREGATION TRACES ITS BEGINNING TO ORGANIZED
METHODIST CLASSES CONDUCTED IN 1856 BY THE REV. J. W.
CHALK IN A LOCAL SCHOOLHOUSE WEST OF THE PIONEER
TOWN OF FARMERSVILLE. A COMMUNITY-WIDE ALL-NIGHT
REVIVAL HELD IN FARMERSVILLE’S LONE CHURCH STRUCTURE
IN 1870 AROUSED MANY IN ATTENDANCE TO JOIN THE METH-
ODIST CONGREGATION. ARBOR MEETINGS WERE HELD FOR 15
YEARS ON PROPERTY NEAR BRUSHY CREEK OWNED BY SAM
R. AND MARY HAMILTON BEGINNING IN 1873
THE CONGREGATION BUILT ITS FIRST CHURCH STRUCTURE AT
THIS LOCATION IN 1875. THE ONE-ROOM BUILDING WAS
RAZED AND REPLACED IN 1902 WITH A GRAND ORNATE CHURCH
BUILDING DESIGNED BY JAMES EDWARD FLANDERS. THE MAG-
NIFICENT STRUCTURE WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AT GREAT
COST TO THE CONGREGATION IN 1924. CHURCH SERVICES WERE
HELD IN THE CORNES THEATER BEFORE A NEW GREEK REVI-
VAL STYLE CHURCH STRUCTURE WAS COMPLETED IN 1926.
THE CONGREGATION HAS A HISTORY OF SERVICE TO THE
LOCAL COMMUNITY. SPACE IN THE CHURCH BUILDING WAS
USED FOR A COMMUNITY BLOOD DRIVE AND AS AN AIR
RAID SHELTER DURING WORLD WAR II. RENAMED THE FIRST
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN 1968, THE CONGREGATION
HAS SPONSORED YOUTH PROGRAMS IN NEW MEXICO AND
PARTICIPATED IN MISSIONARY WORK IN SOUTH AMERICA.

Farmersville

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