Texas Historical Marker

First Baptist Church

Carrizo Springs · Dimmit County · placed 1965 · Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

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Dimmit County, Texas

The story

First church built by Texas Baptists west of Nueces River. Organized May 27, 1878. Building constructed 1888-1891 on land donated by Levi and Matilda English.

Designed by pastor, Rev. R. H.

Brown. Congregation and other citizens furnished labor to burn brick and lime, haul the lumber from Cotulla, and put up the building. Of the seven charter members, two were former Methodists and one man was an ex-slave.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966

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