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Bethlehem Baptist Church

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500 S. Frances, Terrell, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 43' 56.301204", -96° 16' 43.493592"
 
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    The oldest black Baptist congregation extant in Terrell, this church traces its history to 1877, when a group of worshipers led by missionary A. R. Griggs met under a brush arbor. With the Rev. P. W. Upshaw serving as first pastor, church members erected a sanctuary at what is now the 400 block of East Grove Street. The building was moved to the corner of S. Virginia and Cottage streets in 1889. A new facility, built in the early 1900s, was relocated to this site in 1929. It was destroyed in a 1939 fire and replaced by a new structure in 1940.

This page last updated: 8/30/2009

Bethlehem Baptist Church Historical Marker Location Map, Terrell, Texas

 
   
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