Historical Marker

First Presbyterian Church of San Benito

Historical marker location:

566 N. Reagan, San Benito, Texas

( 566 N. Reagan, San Benito.)

This church was organized in 1910, three years after the founding of San Benito. The first building, a frame structure completed in 1911, served the congregation until a hurricane destroyed it in 1933. The following year, this building ws constructed. Funded in part by a Federal Government loan, it was known as America's first Public Works Administration church. The structure's Mission Revival style features arched gable parapets.