Westminster Presbyterian Church of Beaumont

Presbyterian worship services were led in this area by traveling preachers until the Rev. S. F. Tenney and the Rev. W. C. Wallace organized the First Presbyterian Church of Beaumont on February 28, 1880. The Rev. Wallace served as supply preacher for the seven charter members who met in the county courthouse and a rented hall. In 1881 this lot was purchased and a frame building erected the next year. The Rev. F. E. Robbins (1867-1918) became the first pastor in 1896. Membership increased and the frame church building was relocated in 1909. It served a local mission which became the second Presbyterian church. This sanctuary was completed in 1911. The Central Presbyterian Church developed from First Presbyterian. The two congregations reunited on May 8, 1921, when 484 charter members under the leadership of the Rev. F. S. Henderson (1883-1936) established the Westminster Presbyterian Church. Many Beaumont area fellowships including Amelia, Pioneer, Robbins Memorial, St. Andrews, Second, Silsbee, Sour Lake, and Vidor Presbyterian churches have begun as missions of this congregation. Fourteen ordained ministers and two directors of Christian education have come from this fellowship.

Westminster Presbyterian Church of Beaumont is a historical marker in Beaumont, Jefferson County, dedicated in 1979. It is one of 109 historical markers documented in Jefferson County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 137 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.0865, -94.0997 near Beaumont. The nearest cataloged historic site is Young Woman's Christian Association of Beaumont (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Central Fire Station, Beaumont Enterprise, and Sanders House.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5245010580. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.