Powers Chapel

Before 1850 the Rev. Joseph P. Sneed (1804-1881), a Methodist circuit rider, organized the congregation later known as Powers Chapel. Luke Powers and John Cullines donated this land for a log church house built in 1855. It served as a community center and school until a two-story building, with a Masonic lodge upstairs, replaced it in 1870. This structure was completed in 1890. Acreage from other land gifts provided for the cemetery and the tabernacle which took the place of an early brush arbor. Revivals and Memorial Day services are still held here.

Powers Chapel is a historical marker in Rosebud, Falls County, dedicated in 1978. It is one of 64 historical markers documented in Falls County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 70 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 31.1162, -96.8916 near Rosebud. The nearest cataloged historic site is First Baptist Church of Rosebud (historical marker), about 5.7 miles away. Others within a short drive include Henslee House, Unknown-Estes Family, and Highbank Catholic Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5145004103. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.