Marker Inscription
In 1853 Bethel Church was begun under a brush arbor at High Springs. After meeting in a log school building at Greathouse, services were moved in 1860 to a schoolhouse at Bethel on Baker's Branch. The first meetinghouse, built south of the cemetery in 1872, was destroyed in an 1892 storm. The second, located north of the cemetery, was replaced in 1924 by the present sanctuary. The tabernacle, built in 1907, served for camp meetings and God's Acre sales. A parsonage, erected in the early 1900s on E.M. Brack's land at Boz, was moved to this site in 1952.
About this site
Bethel Methodist Church is a historical marker in Waxahachie, Ellis County, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 116 historical markers documented in Ellis County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 300 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.2957, -96.9148 near Waxahachie. The nearest cataloged historic site is Bethel Cemetery (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Jefferson Dunaway Home, Greathouse Community, Church, and Cemetery, and High Springs Cemetery.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5139007085. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
