First United Methodist Church of Terrell

The Rev. J. W. Fields (1817-1886) organized this church in 1873, the same year the Texas & Pacific Railroad opened a station at the Terrell townsite. A frame church was built and the Sunday School started in 1877. In 1900, when the membership had grown to 495, a larger brick edifice replaced the first sanctuary. This fellowship helped support Wesley College, located here from 1905 to 1911, and built the City Tabernacle, site of public gatherings from 1905 to 1915. Four sessions of the North Texas Methodist Conference have been hosted by this congregation.

First United Methodist Church of Terrell is a historical marker in Terrell, Kaufman County, dedicated in 1977. It is one of 90 historical markers documented in Kaufman County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 178 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.7396, -96.2815 near Terrell. The nearest cataloged historic site is Rockwall and Brin Church of Christ (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Church of the Good Shepherd, Terrell Carnegie Library, and Carnegie Library Building.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5257008516. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.