Details for Leesville Baptist Church
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5177003066
Data
Marker Number | 3066 |
Atlas Number | 5177003066 |
Marker Title | Leesville Baptist Church |
Index Entry | Leesville Baptist Church |
Address | 6055 FM 1682 |
City | Leesville |
County | Gonzales |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 622640 |
UTM Northing | 3253764 |
Subject Codes | Baptist denomination; eccesiastical buildings; churches |
Marker Year | 1976 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | FM 1682, 3/4 mile E of SH 80 |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
Marker Text | The first meeting place of this congregation, organized in 1875, was destroyed by a storm in 1886. The membership then moved across O'Neal Creek to this site, purchased from pioneer settler N. H. Guinn, and erected this simple frame church in 1887-88. The steeple which once topped the building was removed in 1924. After a disastrous flood in 1936, Leesville was relocated along the state highway (3/4 mi. W). This church is one of the structures that mark the old townsite. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1976. |