Marker Inscription
A Methodist church was built here in 1903 and named in honor of John Wesley, founder of Methodism. In 1913 a two-room schoolhouse was erected to replace an earlier one-room structure. The school was consolidated with Latexo in 1949. Both the school and church buildings were destroyed by a tornado in 1953. An adjacent cemetery dates to the 1880s, with the earliest marked graves from 1885. Although regular worship services had ended by 1949, the chapel was rebuilt after the tornado and serves as a gathering place for the cemetery association.
About this site
Welsey Chapel Church is a historical marker in Houston County, Texas, dedicated in 1987. It is one of 183 historical markers documented in Houston County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 349 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.3747, -95.5397. The nearest cataloged historic site is Wesley Chapel (cemetery), about 0.2 miles away. Others within a short drive include Wesley Annex, Wortham Family, and Wheeler Springs Community.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5225011065. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
