Mclennan County Texas Archives Photo Place.....Austin Avenue United Methodist Church - Official Texas Historical Subject Marker January 26, 2015
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/txfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
T. Bradford Willis http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00031.html#0007638 January 27, 2015, 3:13 am

Source:             T. Bradford Willis, DDS
Photo can be seen at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/tx/mclennan/photos/austinav10810nph.jpg
Image file size: 1361.7 Kb

AUSTIN AVENUE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
       At the close of the nineteenth century, when it was determined that 
Waco's Fifth Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South (now First United 
Methodist Church) had grown too large, its members petitioned the 
denominational conference for the organization of another congregation in 
Waco. As a result, the Quarterly Conference approved the establishment of 
Austin Avenue Methodist Church on December 31, 1900. The Rev. John R. Nelson 
was appointed to organize the new congregation. 
       Three lots were purchased at the corner of Austin Avenue and 12th 
Street for a church building. The congregation was officially chartered on 
December 29, 1901, with a membership of 81, and a sanctuary was completed in 
April 1902. 
       The congregation experienced a steady growth that paralleled that of 
its neighborhood. When the first building became too small for the growing 
church, it was sold to Trinity Presbyterian Church, and a new Methodist 
structure was built at Austin Avenue and 13th Street. 
       Throughout its history, this church has served its community with a 
variety of outreach programs. It continues to be an important part of Waco's 
history.
(1990)

+++

The Official Texas Historical Subject Marker was given to the glory of God 
and in loving memory of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Elmer Beck and Mr. and Mrs. John 
Todd Willis, Sr. by Dr. T. Bradford Willis.  The marker was dedicated on 
April 22, 1990.



File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/tx/mclennan/photos/austinav10810nph.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/txfiles/

File size: 2.3 Kb