PLANO CHRISTIAN CHURCH
Historical marker, 1996
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH OF PLANO
KENTUCKY NATIVES WILLIAM AND RUTH FORMAN
MOVED TO
TEXAS IN 1846, AND ACQUIRED LAND THAT
INCLUDED THE
FUTURE LOCATION OF PLANO. THE FORMAN'S
DAUGHTER LETITIA
MARRIED GEORGE BARNETT IN 1853. THE
BARNETTS BOUGHT
LAND NORTHWEST OF PLANO ALONG SPRING
CREEK.
THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH WAS
ESTABLISHED IN THE
MID-1850s ON THE BARNETT FARM. A SMALL
FRAM BUILD-
ING SERVED AS BOTH A SCHOOL AND CHURCH,
WITH TRAVEL-
ING MINISTERS SERVING THE CHURCH. IN
1873, ANOTHER
CHURCH BUILDING WAS ERECTED ON THE
CORNER OF EAST
16TH STREET AND AVENUE G IN PLANO. THE
STRUCTURE
CONSISTED OF ONE LARGE ROOM WITH A
CENTER AISLE,
COAL OIL LAMPS, AND A SINGLE TABLE
SERVING AS BOTH
A PULPIT AND COMMUNION TABLE.
DURING THE FIFTY-YEAR PERIOD FROM
1899-1949 CALLED
THE "GOLDEN AGE" BY THE MEMBERS, THE
CHURCH EXPERIENCED
SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AND A LARGER
STRUCTURE WAS BUILT
AT EAST 15TH STREET ON THE CORNER OF
AVENUE H. IN
LATER YEARS ANOTHER SANCTUARY WAS NEEDED
TO ACCOMO-
DATE CONTINUED GROWTH.
AN ACTIVE PART OF THE COMMUNITY SINCE
ITS BEGIN-
NINGS, THE CONGREGATION MAINTAINS AN
OUTREACH PROGRAM
AND ADMINISTERS SCHOLARSHIPS THAT
BENEFIT THE CITI-
ZENS OF THE AREA AND BEYOND.
Plano
Churches Index
- Recommended citation:
- "Plano Christian 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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