| Marker Number |
1601 |
| Atlas Number |
5335001601 |
| Marker Title |
First Baptist Church |
| Index Entry |
First Baptist Church |
| Address |
Lightfoot and Market St. |
| City |
Loraine |
| County |
Mitchell |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
338974 |
| UTM Northing |
3586341 |
| Subject Codes |
Baptist denomination; eccesiastical buildings; churches |
| Marker Year |
1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
Yes |
| Marker Location |
Lightfoot and Market Streets, Loraine. |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
14" x 24" |
| Marker Text |
Organized in 1892 before town lots sold. Services held in schoolhouse for 14 years. First church built 1907; present building 1947. Materials from original site preserved, used for rafters and ceiling beams. Inner brick walls built from old Colorado City Salt Works boiler building. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967. |
