300 E. Houston St., Marshall, Texas. County/parish: Harrison.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places July 16, 1980. NRIS 80004133.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
First Methodist Church of Marshall (Methodist Episcopal Church South of Marshall, First Methodist Episcopal Church South of Marshall, and First United Methodist Church of Marshall ., is historic Methodist congregation in Marshall, Texas. From 1861 to 2024, the congregation met at 300 E. Houston Street in Marshall, Texas. The building was a stuccoed brick Greek Revival-style church that had a portico with four monumental square columns; such architecture is rare in Texas. The building was added to the National Register in 1980. A fire on the morning of December 9, 2024 left the building in ruins and it was subsequently determined to be unsalvageable and demolished in 2025.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972513