​First Baptist Church of Goliad

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Marker Text: The Rev. John F. Hillyer led 12 charter members in organizing the First Baptist Church of Goliad under an oak tree in 1849. The congregation met in a number of locations until 1899 when their first church building was constructed. That structure was destroyed in a cyclone and the group worshiped in the Christian Church until a new facility was erected in 1907. The 1907 building was destroyed in a 1919 storm, the same year the church was renamed Mary E. Lott Memorial Baptist Church in honor of a parishioner. A Mexican mission was organized before 1954. The church was renamed First Baptist in 1959. A new building was dedicated in 1984. The congregation continues to be active in community outreach and missionary work. (1999)

Marker No: 11895

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: N 28° 40.808 W 097° 23.378

Location: West Ward Street & US 183, Goliad