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First Baptist Church (Stamford, Texas)
Historic church in Texas, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
First Baptist Church | |
![]() First Baptist Church | |
Location | E. Oliver and N. Swenson, Stamford, Texas |
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Coordinates | 32°56′50″N 99°48′8″W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1908 (1908) |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
MPS | Stamford MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 86002359[1] |
RTHL No. | 15310 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | September 24, 1986 |
Designated RTHL | 1989 |
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.[2] 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.