Historical Marker

Rosewood Baptist Church

Historical marker location:
Rosewood, Texas
( 8 mi. W of Rosewood on SH 154, then S 1 block on Church Rd.)
Marker installed: 1968

Organized 1872 as Double Springs Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jacob Zeigler as pastor. When Marshall & East Texas Railway was built and a town platted, this was renamed (in 1907) Rosewood Baptist Church.

Original "meeting house", a part of present building, has been used 96 years.