Marker Inscription
Although records of the congregation date to 1892, Methodist circuit-riding ministers were serving this area as early as 1889. R. P. McElwreath was the first pastor of the Holliday church. Ten acres of land were deeded to the church, and the plot was known as the Holliday Campground. The first church building was erected about 1900, largely due to the efforts of church member James Madison Taylor (1836-1921). The wooden frame church was razed in the 1920s, and a new brick structure was built in 1927 during the pastorate of S.M. Dunham. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.
About this site
First Methodist Church of Holliday is a historical marker in Holliday, Archer County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 30 historical markers documented in Archer County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 33 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.2186, -101.2134 near Holliday. The nearest cataloged historic site is Megargel Cemetery (historical marker), about 203 miles away. Others within a short drive include Comanche Exodus, On Route of the, Megargel, and Confluence of the Brazos, Trinity, and Red River Watersheds, The.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5009001759. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
