Texas Historical Marker

First Presbyterian Church of Garland

Garland · Dallas County · placed 1989

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Dallas County, Texas

The story

This congregation traces its roots to April 22, 1888, when the Rev. Benjamin Spencer and twenty-five charter members organized a Cumberland Presbyterian congregation. The church served a diverse membership, including farmers, retail business owners, and others.

Worship services were held in a variety of locations until the first sanctuary, a one-room frame building, was built on S. Ninth Street in 1901. It was replaced by a brick structure in 1929.

This church remains a reminder of Garland's early religious history.

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