First United Methodist Church of San Angelo

First United Methodist Church of San Angelo (HM1D5E)

Location: San Angelo, TX 76903 Tom Green County
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Country: United States of America
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N 31° 27.769', W 100° 26.123'

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A product of 1870s religious zeal on this Indian-menaced frontier. After flood destroyed area's early community of Ben Ficklin (5 mi. s), closing its Sunday school, this church was organized and chartered by the West Texas Methodist Conference in November of 1882. On this site was erected a forty- by sixty-foot frame building with a cupola - said to be the first Protestant church house between Mason and El Paso.

The founding pastor was the rugged frontiersman, Parson Andrew Jackson Potter (1830-1895), succeeded in 1886 by the dynamic Rev. Arthur E. Rector (1855-1955).

Rapid growth soon necessitated a twenty-foot addition for nursery and choir loft. The building became a community center for various social and religious occasions. Miss Mary West (later Mrs. J. B. Taylor) organized the first choir. Other leading musicians: Miss Amie Cornick, J. R. Sanders, Mrs. L. B. Horton, Mrs. F. O. Perry, and Mrs. Mary Deal Metz.

The frame church was replaced in 1904 by a large masonry building in the square "Akron" style then in vogue. The present Gothic edifice was completed in 1950. Four-story educational building was added, 1962.

This church has excelled in education, sacred music, and missionary activities over the years.
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HM NumberHM1D5E
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Marker Number1895
Year Placed1972
Placed ByTexas State Historical Survey Committee
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Saturday, September 13th, 2014 at 9:04pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14R E 363629 N 3481787
Decimal Degrees31.46281667, -100.43538333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 31° 27.769', W 100° 26.123'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds31° 27' 46.14" N, 100° 26' 7.38" W
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Area Code(s)325
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 37 E Beauregard Ave, San Angelo TX 76903, US
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