Bethel Baptist Church 

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Marker Text: ​Lacking church facilities in their "North-end" African American neighborhood, Harris and Maria Anderson began to hold lay services in their home about 1904. They built a brush arbor and in 1905 organized the Bethel Baptist Church with the Rev. Joe Wren as its first pastor. The church met in a building relocated to this site in 1906. The congregation erected its first sanctuary here in 1910. It was eventually razed and replaced with a brick church building in 1954. The church has maintained a tradition of pride in its facilities and continues to serve the community. (1993)

Marker No: 388

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 28.991945, -95.973724

Location: ​1200 Avenue C, Bay City