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Avoca Methodist Church

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Avoca, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 32° 52' 0.61624999992", -99° 42' 58.26366"
 
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    This church grew from an 1887 brush arbor camp meeting in the Spring Creek community of Avo (1.5 miles west), conducted by the Rev. J. H. Wiseman, a Methodist circuit rider. The congregation moved to the new railroad town of Avoca when the present sanctuary was completed in 1906. The original steeple was later destroyed by a storm, and the belfry was added in 1953 under the supervision of the Rev. Joe Grimes to house two railroad locomotive bells. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark -1981.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Avoca Methodist Church Historical Marker Location Map, Texas