Hopewell Baptist Church
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N 33° 45.649 W 096° 32.563
14S E 727585 N 3738349
Located at entrance of a local play park.
Waymark Code: WMAH24
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/15/2011
Views: 5
Marker Number: 7387
Marker Text:
In 1874 this church was founded to serve the black community of this growing railroad town. Ministers from several Baptist churches in the county helped organize the new fellowship. Some of the charter members transferred from St. John Baptist Church in Preston Bend. In 1877 fire destroyed the congregation's first meeting place. A frame building erected at this site was replaced in 1891 by a brick edifice. The present church was begun in 1915. U. S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall spoke here in 1950, when Hopewell was host to the NAACP Regional Convention. (1977)
Inscribed on base: Marker Sponsors: Mr. and Mrs. N. Stimpson
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