Historical Marker

First Baptist Church

Historical marker location:
Dallas, Texas
( Ervay and Patterson Sts.)
Marker installed: 1968

(The First Baptist Church in Dallas)

Organized 1868; first building (1871) on this site was one-room frame structure, which members financed by weaving rugs, making hominy, preserves, and cheese to sell at fairs near Dallas, then a frontier town of 2,500.

Section of Victorian-style, red brick building was erected 1890; is only downtown Dallas Church still on original site. George W. Truett, noted minister, was pastor here 47 years and was succeeded by W. A. Criswell, 1944.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark (RTHL) - 1968.