Marker Inscription
Early Junction residents built brush arbors for religious meetings, and by the 1870s, the city had an active Methodist Society, which hosted traveling ministers, such as the fiery "Fighting Parson" Andrew Jackson Potter. The Junction Methodists became a mission church of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1881. Members built a sanctuary and parsonage in 1889, and the congregation continued to grow. Gov. Coke R. Stevenson, who grew up in the congregation, served on the building committee for the church's 1930 Spanish mission-style sanctuary. Today, the church continues to be a center for worship, education and community activity. (2006)
About this site
First United Methodist Church of Junction is a historical marker in Junction, Kimble County, dedicated in 2006. It is one of 56 historical markers documented in Kimble County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 64 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.4896, -99.7701 near Junction. The nearest cataloged historic site is College Street Church of Christ (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include First Baptist Church of Junction, Rock Store, 1879, and Kimble County.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5507013465. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
