​Leesville Baptist Church

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Marker No: 3066

Medallion & Plate

Geographic: 29.407194,-97.736008

Texas Historic Landmark

Location: FM 1682, 3/4 mile east of Intersection of SH 80 & FM 1682, Leesville

​Marker Text: The first meeting place of this congregation, organized in 1875, was destroyed by a storm in 1886. The membership then moved across O'Neal Creek to this site, purchased from pioneer settlers N.H. Guinn, and erected this simple frame church in 1887-88. The steeple which once topped the building was removed in 1924. After a disastrous flood in 1936, Leesville was relocated along the state highway (3/4 Mi. W). This church is one of the structures that mark the old townsite. (1976)