McKINNEY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Historical marker, 1980
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
OF McKINNEY
THIS FELLOWSHIP WAS THE FIRST
CONGREGATION IN COLLIN
COUNTY AFFILIATED WITH THE PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH IN
THE UNITED STATES, A DENOMINATION
ESTABLISHED DURING
THE CIVIL WAR. CHARTERED WITH EIGHTEEN
MEMBERS, IT
WAS ORGANIZED BY THE REV. W. K. MARSHALL
ON SEPTEMBER
27, 1874, AT THE HOME OF DR. E. N.
McAULEY, A PROMINENT
McKINNEY PHYSICIAN. JAMES P. NENNEY AND
W. A. GOSSETT
SERVED AS THE FIRST DEACONS.
THE INITIAL CHURCH BUILDING FOR THE
CONGREGATION WAS
COMPLETED BY 1876. A SMALL FRAME
STRUCTURE WITH A
STEEP ROOF AND TALL, NARROW WINDOWS, IT
WAS LOCATED
ON THE CORNER OF TENNESSEE AND HUNT
STREETS. AN
ORNATE TOWER HOUSED THE CHURCH BELL,
CAST ESPECIALLY
FOR THE FELLOWSHIP, WHICH WAS DONATED BY
Z. P. RANNEY
AND IS STILL IN USE.
DUE TO INCREASED MEMBERSHIP, SERVICES
WERE HELD IN
THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE PRIOR TO THE
COMPLETION OF
A LARGER CHURCH BUILDING ON NORTH
KENTUCKY STREET
IN 1899. CONSTRUCTED OF BRICK, THE
SANCTUARY SERVED
THE CONGREGATION UNTIL 1966 WHEN A NEW
EDIFICE WAS
COMPLETED AT THIS LOCATION DURING THE
PASTORATE OF
THE REV. SAM P. RICCOBENE. THE CHAPEL
INCLUDES STAINED
GLASS WINDOWS AND INTERIOR FURNISHINGS
FROM THE
1899 SANCTUARY.
McKinney
Churches Index
- Recommended citation:
- "McKinney Presbyterian Church,
Collin County Churches," Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage
by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13 13:37:28 US/Central 2004 ].
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