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This church was organized in 1910, three years after the founding of San Benito. The first building, a frame structure completed in 1911, served the congregation until a hurricane destroyed it in 1933. The following year, this building ws constructed. Funded in part by a Federal Government loan, it was known as America's first Public Works Administration church. The structure's Mission Revival style features arched gable parapets.
First Presbyterian Church of San Benito is a historical marker in San Benito, Cameron County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 116 historical markers documented in Cameron County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 194 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 26.1348, -97.6275 near San Benito. The nearest cataloged historic site is Purvis, Albanus Clemens (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Robertson, Col. Sam, Home of, San Benito Post Office, and First Methodist Church of San Benito.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5061001847. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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