Details for First Baptist Church of Whitehouse
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5423007725
Data
| Marker Number | 7725 |
| Atlas Number | 5423007725 |
| Marker Title | First Baptist Church of Whitehouse |
| Index Entry | First Baptist Church of Whitehouse |
| Address | 801 E. Main St. |
| City | Whitehouse |
| County | Smith |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 291443 |
| UTM Northing | 3567831 |
| Subject Codes | Baptist denomination; churches |
| Marker Year | 1989 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 27" x 42" |
| Marker Text | Anglo settlement of this area began in the 1840s. The community of Whitehouse, which grew up around a white painted schoolhouse, began in the early 1850s. A church congregation, called New Hope Church of Christ, Baptist, was organized in September 1869 by Elders J. A. Kindle and W. G. Caperton and about twenty-five charter members. Early worship services were held once a month. In 1887 a plot of land was purchased by New Hope Baptist Church and a one-room sanctuary, nestled in a pine grove, was built by the congregation. After the railroad came through Whitehouse in the 1870s and a central business district began to grow, the church was relocated to the new townsite. A white frame building was erected in 1901, and the name was changed to Whitehouse Baptist Church. In 1923 the church was relocated once again, to a site on East Main Street. At that time it was also renamed First Baptist Church. A new church facility was erected in 1959, and continued growth led to the construction of the present sanctuary in 1980. A part of Smith County history for more than a century, the First |