Velasco Methodist Church

B
R
A
Z
O
R
I
A

C
O
U
N
T
​Y

Marker No: 9610

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker 

Geographic: 28.963753, -95.364525

Marker Text: ​Methodist circuit riding ministers were conducting worship services in the Velasco area as early as the 1830s. After the original townsite was destroyed in the hurricane of 1875, a new one developed further inland. Led by the Rev. John L. Sullivan, Velasco Methodist church was formally organized in 1893. A brick sanctuary, erected in 1894, served the congregation until it was destroyed in the 1900 hurricane. A new sanctuary was completed in 1904. Rebuilding again after hurricane damage in 1932, the church has continued to serve the people of Brazoria County. (1988)

Location: 320 Avenue A, Freeport