Historical MarkerFourth-Sunday Singing
Commerce · Hunt County · Dedicated 1968 · THC Atlas #5231007792
The roadside stories worth pulling over for.
Marker Inscription
(Held on fourth Sunday of each month) A monthly music "convention" founded in 1885 or 1890 by this church, at old location (1/2 mile east.) Began when G. J. Oslin of Arkansas held a 20-day music school here. Singers came from wide area; a tuning fork was used to give pitch until instruments were obtained. The present officers are J. G. Murphy, president, and Mrs. Ola Speight, secretary. Also in 1885, the village of "Hoover's Gin" was founded near here by John T. Hoover, merchant.
About this site
Fourth-Sunday Singing is a historical marker in Commerce, Hunt County, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 70 historical markers documented in Hunt County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 92 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.2383, -95.9721 near Commerce. The nearest cataloged historic site is Scatter Branch Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include St. Paul School, Methodism in Commerce, and East Texas State University.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5231007792. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
