| Marker Number |
5618 |
| Atlas Number |
5463005618 |
| Marker Title |
Utopia Methodist Church |
| Index Entry |
Utopia Methodist Church |
| Address |
Cypress St. |
| City |
Utopia |
| County |
Uvalde |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
448785 |
| UTM Northing |
3276592 |
| Subject Codes |
Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination; eccesiastical buildings; Gothic Revial (Architectural style); churches |
| Marker Year |
1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
Yes |
| Marker Location |
At end of Cypress Street off (eastward) Highway 187, Utopia |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
12" x 16" Plate & Medallion |
| Marker Text |
Established in 1866 as part of the Uvalde-Kerrville Mission; later in the Uvalde Circuit. Pecan grove behind present church was site of many pioneer camp meetings under brush arbors. The first was held in 1868 by the Rev. A. J. Potter, noted Civil War chaplain and circuit rider. This Gothic sanctuary, built in early 1890s with members doing much of the work, is on a site given by the Rev. Irving Jones and R. H. Kincheloe. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967. |
