First Baptist Church
National Register of Historic Places

First Baptist Church

Stamford, Jones County, Texas
Listed
September 23, 1986
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
86002359

About this property

First Baptist Church is a Baptist church at E. Oliver and N. Swenson in Stamford, Texas. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Built in 1908, the church is a large, domed structure built on a Greek Cross form and covered with buff-colored brick. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 24, 1986, and designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1989. A two-story educational building was added in 1932 and another educational wing in 1960. The First Baptist Church was organized in Stamford in early 1900. Frank Shelby Groner became pastor in 1905. He increased the membership from 147 to about 750 and that made a new and larger church necessary. After using temporary facilities for seven years, the congregation had grown and prospered enough to initiate a new structure. Ten leading members of the church each pledged $1,000 for construction, and the new church stood as one of the city's most elaborate and expensive structures.

Location

Stamford, Jones County, Texas
32.94742, -99.80273

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ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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When was First Baptist Church listed on the National Register?

First Baptist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 23, 1986.

What type of historic resource is First Baptist Church?

First Baptist Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for First Baptist Church?

The period of significance for First Baptist Church is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1908.

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