PLANO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Historical marker, 1997
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF
PLANO
THIS CHURCH TRACES ITS HISTORY TO 1856
WHEN A GROUP
OF PRESBYTERIANS BEGAN HOLDING REGULAR
WORSHIP SER-
VICES IN ROUTH WOODS. THEY SHARED A
BUILDING WITH THE
LOCAL BAPTIST CONGREGATION. DR. HENRY
DYE WAS THE LAY
LEADER OF THE CUMBERLAND CONGREGATION
KNOWN AS THE
SPRING CREEK PRESBYTERIANS.
IN 1871 THE CHURCH WAS REORGANIZED AND
FORMALLY
ESTABLISHED AT A MEETING LED BY THE REV.
I. HAYNES.
THE CHURCH NAME WAS CHANGED TO THE
CUMBERLAND
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PLANO. IN 1873
DR. DYE GAVE
THE CHURCH ONE ACRE OF LAND WITHIN PLANO
AND A
BUILDING WAS ERECTED THERE IN 1874. IN
1897 CHURCH
ELDER J. K. ALDRIDGE DONATED LAND ON
AVENUE L AND 15TH
STREET. A NEW STRUCTURE WAS DEDICATED IN
1898. IN 1907
THE CONGREGATION REJOINED THE MOTHER
CHURCH, AND
OMITTING THE NAME CUMBERLAND, BECAME
KNOWN AS THE
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PLANO.
AFTER A FIRE IN 1938, A NEW SANCTUARY
WAS BUILT. THE
CHURCH LATER PURCHASED PROPERTY ON
JUPITER ROAD,
AND BUILT A NEW FACILITY IN 1967. A
NUMBER OR ORDAINED
MINISTERS ENTERED THE CLERGY FROM THIS
CHURCH, WHICH
MAINTAINS AN ACTIVE OUTREACH PROGRAM.
Plano
Churches Index
- Recommended citation:
- " Plano 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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