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First United Methodist
Church - Bastrop
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City
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Bastrop
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Address
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222 S. Washington
St.
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2003 Membership
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389
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Date Founded
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1826
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Methodist preaching in the Bastrop
area began in the early 1800s. The earliest record of a Methodist
church in Bastrop dates back to 1826, when Rev. John G. Jones served the
Washita Circuit. The first church on North Washington Street was
made of logs.
In 1855, the congregation built
a new frame church on the corner of South Washington and West Hickory Streets
under the leadership of Rev. George W. Evans. The Annual Conference
was held at the new facilities later that year.
Rev. John T. Sawyer led the
church in the construction of its first brick church in 1884.
In 1897, all of the previous
church records were destroyed in a fire.
The present church was built
in 1924 under the leadership of Rev. G.A. Morgan. The pipe organ
and stained glass windows were installed in 1928. An education annex
was begun in June 1948 under the leadership of Rev. Jolly B. Harper and
completed soon after under the leadership of Rev. Jack H. Midyett.
An education building was constructed
in 1964 under the leadership of Rev. Robert L. Peyton. Rev. William
Peeples led the church in 1984 when an activities building was built.
The church was approved as a United Methodist Historical site by the Louisiana
Conference in 1997. |
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How to Get There:
The church
is on the west side of the first block of S. Washington St. (Hwy
139) south of E. Jefferson (Hwy 165) in Bastrop. Note: S. Washington
goes one-way to the south. If coming from the south on S. Franklin
St., turn west (left) on Hickory Ave. |
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