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Organized November 11, 1844 Baptist General Convention of Texas organized here in 1848. Twenty-three of Texas thirty-four Baptist churches were represented. Present building was constructed with native rock by slave labor and finished in 1855. Burned February 6, 1955, and was restored, using original walls, and redecorated September 18, 1955. First Texas Baptist Woman's Missionary Society organized here in 1858. Sign and plaque given in memory of Carl H. and Effie Smith Bell
Anderson Baptist Church is a historical marker in Anderson, Grimes County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 73 historical markers documented in Grimes County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 213 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.4853, -95.9848 near Anderson. The nearest cataloged historic site is Thompson School Building, Miss Sally (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Goodrich, B. B., House, Fanthorp Inn, and Kennard, Michael Moore.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5185008562. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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