The First Baptist Church was organized in Stamford in early 1900. Frank Shelby Groner became pastor in 1905. He increased the membership from 147 to about 750 and that made a new and larger church necessary.[2] After using temporary facilities for seven years, the congregation had grown and prospered enough to initiate a new structure. Ten leading members of the church each pledged $1,000 for construction, and the new church stood as one of the city's most elaborate and expensive structures.
first, baptist, church, stamford, texas, first, baptist, church, baptist, church, oliver, swenson, stamford, texas, affiliated, with, southern, baptist, convention, built, 1908, church, large, domed, structure, built, greek, cross, form, covered, with, buff, c. First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at E Oliver and N Swenson in Stamford Texas It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention Built in 1908 the church is a large domed structure built on a Greek Cross form and covered with buff colored brick It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 24 1986 and designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1989 A two story educational building was added in 1932 and another educational wing in 1960 First Baptist ChurchU S National Register of Historic PlacesRecorded Texas Historic LandmarkFirst Baptist ChurchFirst Baptist ChurchShow map of TexasFirst Baptist ChurchShow map of the United StatesLocationE Oliver and N Swenson Stamford TexasCoordinates32 56 50 N 99 48 8 W 32 94722 N 99 80222 W 32 94722 99 80222Arealess than one acreBuilt1908 1908 Architectural styleColonial RevivalMPSStamford MRANRHP reference No 86002359 1 RTHL No 15310Significant datesAdded to NRHPSeptember 24 1986Designated RTHL1989 The First Baptist Church was organized in Stamford in early 1900 Frank Shelby Groner became pastor in 1905 He increased the membership from 147 to about 750 and that made a new and larger church necessary 2 After using temporary facilities for seven years the congregation had grown and prospered enough to initiate a new structure Ten leading members of the church each pledged 1 000 for construction and the new church stood as one of the city s most elaborate and expensive structures See also edit nbsp National Register of Historic Places portal nbsp Texas portal National Register of Historic Places listings in Jones County Texas Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Jones CountyReferences edit National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service July 9 2010 Our New Secretary Baptist Standard 6 July 18 1918External links editFirst Baptist Church of Stamford Texas Archived 2016 02 21 at the Wayback Machine nbsp This article about a property in Texas on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a church or other Christian place of worship in Texas is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title First Baptist Church Stamford Texas amp oldid 1169025110, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
