Elwood
​Methodist Church

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Marker No. 11255

Aluminium 18 x 28 Subject Plate

Geographic: 31.068251, -95.802299

Location: From Midway, take OSR about 4 miles west to FM 1119, go north about 1.5 mile

Marker Text: Begun in the 1840s, when the community of Elwood was known as French, this church first met in a log cabin built by James Blair Durham. Services were later held in a frame building near the cemetery before the present sanctuary was completed at the turn of the century. The cemetery and the nearby lone grave of a young girl are reminders of the area's early settlers, many of whom were members here. Through its leadership, the Elwood Methodist Church developed as a focal point for the surrounding rural area. (1983)