1887, 1907, 1956 - First Union Baptist Church - Galveston, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member jhuoni
N 29° 18.162 W 094° 46.668
15R E 327333 N 3242835
At the corner of 11th Street and Avenue K, this large red brick church has not just one, but THREE cornerstones.
Waymark Code: WMZ802
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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The Texas Historical Marker here tells:

This church was founded in 1870 as the First Union Free Mission Baptist Church by a delegation representing the American Baptist Free Mission Society of Boston, an interracial antislavery group. First Union was the first church organized by the society in Texas. Its founding resulted from and continued a period of intense rivalry over the recruitment of former slaves in Texas between the newly arrived Northern Free Mission Society and the established Southern based Missionary Baptists.

First Union promptly began an ambitious missionary effort that resulted in the establishment of the Texas Free Mission (Eastern District) Baptist Association in 1871, a Western District Association in 1873, and numerous Free Mission churches throughout the region. The Eastern and Western Districts united to form the American Baptist Convention of Texas in 1882.

The Rev. Benjamin J. Hall, First Union pastor for all but four years (1892-1896) from 1878 until his death in 1914, earned praise for his leadership, efforts to rebuild the church sanctuary after its destruction in the storm of 1900, and for enhancing the congregation's role as mother church of its Texas state convention. A new brick sanctuary was erected here in 1955. (1993)

Year of construction: 1887

Full inscription:
The First Union Free
Mission Baptist Church.

This Cornerstone was laid
April 8, 5887, A.L.
By M.W. St John, Union
Grand Lodge State of Tex.
of A.A.Y. & S.R. Mason's,
M.W. W. H. Green, G. Master.
Rec’d, B.J. Hall, Pastor.


Trustees,
N.C Washington.
Wm. Grace.
P.T. Sweetenings.
P. T. Brown.
W. H. Tindall, Architect.




First Union Baptist
Church
Organized 7-15-1870
By Dr. G Holmes
Destroyed by 1900 Storm
Rebuilt 1907
Dedicated 5-9-1912
A. Montgomery
Trustees:
G. Harris
E. Humphrey
Dr. B.J. Hall, Pastor




First Union Baptist Church
Organized July 15, 1870
Entered this building May 4, 1956

Deacons
T. Neal, Sr.
E. Gatson
F. Jackson
W. Gardner
J. Green
M. Williams
F. Wrenn
C.Simms
H. Robinson
B. McDaniel
C. Allums
M. Richard
K. Capiti
T. Thompson

Trustees
J. Green
T. Allen
W. Chatman II
B. McDaniel
H. Robinson
T. Langham, Sr.
V. Thompson, Sr.
P.L. Johnson


Rev. J. I. Jackson, B. TH., D.D., Pastor

This corner stone laid July 15, 1956
F & A.M. Masonic Lodge No. 258
A.D. Harris, W.M.
G.E. Lane, Contractor



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