​First United Methodist Church
​of Bartlett

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Marker No: 9087

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 30.797525, -97.435616

Location: FM 487 (Clark Street) & South Cotrell Street, Bartlett

Marker Text: ​Organized between 1870 and 1875 as the Indian Creek Church, this congregation moved to Bartlett about 1885. Services were held in a store, schoolhouse, and baptist church before construction of a Methodist church in 1890. Built in 1896, the present sanctuary was enlarged in 1912 and dedicated on June 19, 1921, a donation by Mrs. S.T. Morrison helped pay the debt. Dedication speaker was the Rev. H.A. Boaz, an early pastor here who later became a bishop and president of Southern Methodist University. The fellowship grew from 13 members to a peak of 310 in the late 1950s. (1976)