Details for First Baptist Church
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5113006689
Data
| Marker Number | 6689 |
| Atlas Number | 5113006689 |
| Marker Title | First Baptist Church |
| Index Entry | First Baptist Church |
| Address | |
| City | Dallas |
| County | Dallas |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 706105 |
| UTM Northing | 3629596 |
| Subject Codes | eccesiastical buildings; Baptist denomination; churches |
| Marker Year | 1968 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | Ervay and Patterson Sts. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion & Plate |
| Marker Text | (The First Baptist Church in Dallas) Organized 1868; first building (1871) on this site was one-room frame structure, which members financed by weaving rugs, making hominy, preserves, and cheese to sell at fairs near Dallas, then a frontier town of 2,500. Section of Victorian-style, red brick building was erected 1890; is only downtown Dallas Church still on original site. George W. Truett, noted minister, was pastor here 47 years and was succeeded by W. A. Criswell, 1944. RTHL - 1968 |