First Baptist Church
on Walker Street

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Marker No: 10356

18 x28 Aluminum Subject Marker

Geographic: ​32° 10.271′ N, 96° 1.427′ W

Marker Text: ​In 1894, the Rev. Monroe F. Jackson came to Malakoff and founded this congregation. He named it Good Hope Baptist Church. The same year, church trustees Sam Robinson, Monroe Porter, and Governor Wilson acquired land at this site for a church building. Over the years, the members of the Good Hope fellowship have sponsored the founding of several other churches in western Henderson County, including Antioch and Macedonia. The current name was chosen after Good Hope merged with Mt. Olive Baptist Church in 1939. (1985)

Location: ​It is on North Walker Street near West Allen Street, on the left. Located 1/2 block north of State Highway 31., Malakoff