First Baptist Church

"Bryan Station, Brazos County, Nov. 21, 1866...I hope a better day is dawning, for last Sabbath a Baptist church was organized here and 16 members united with it," wrote Mrs. Sara Dodson. One block west of this site stood first house of worship, a two-story frame building that once was a tenpin alley and saloon; the first pews were planks laid on kegs. Rev. W.B. Eaves was the first pastor. The present church sanctuary, erected 1927, is seventh house of worship since its founding and third to be erected on this site since 1883.

First Baptist Church is a historical marker in Bryan, Brazos County, dedicated in 1966. It is one of 54 historical markers documented in Brazos County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 172 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.6738, -96.3713 near Bryan. The nearest cataloged historic site is Brazos County Courthouse (courthouse), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Bryan Carnegie Library, First National Bank and Trust Building, and Brazos County Confederate Commissioners Court.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5041008678. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.