First Methodist Church of Buda

In July 1882, the year after the founding of Du Pre, now Buda, M. Lawson, A. Teague and W. A. Hancock petitioned the San Marcos Baptist Association for the formation of this church. The first pastor was the Rev. D. A. Porter, ordained in the nearby Pioneer Baptist Church at Mountain City. Services were conducted in a schoolhouse and a Methodist chapel until the 1890s, when the first sanctuary was built. The church moved here in 1949, when the new stone building was completed. Known as the Buda Baptist Church from 1889, the congregation adopted the present name in 1967.

First Methodist Church of Buda is a historical marker in Buda, Hays County, dedicated in 1982. It is one of 124 historical markers documented in Hays County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 184 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.0814, -97.8456 near Buda. The nearest cataloged historic site is Buda Christian Church (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Buda School, Buda, and Buda United Methodist Church.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5209010265. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.