First Methodist Church

Begun by Littleton Fowler in 1839, First Methodist Church had Job M. Baker as its first pastor and was organized in 1845. The church was built in 1861 on a site given by Wm. M. and Mary M. Johnston, with hand-molded bricks and hand-hewn beams, and a gallery in the north end for slave members. During the Civil War, munitions were stored in the basement. Its bell was given to the Confederacy and in 1865 was replaced by one stolen from the Federal Army; during World War I, this replacement bell was sold for metal. While serving here as pastor in 1866, Dr. E. M. Marvin was elected bishop.

Marshall, Texas · United States