Alexander Methodist Chapel

The plaque names five trustees, and one of them, Harvey Mitchell, has a marker of his own at the courthouse. The congregation is still meeting. In September 2024 it marked 170 years, and KBTX called it the oldest continuously active church in Brazos County. A student group from the Wesley Foundation at Texas A&M played at the anniversary service. A longtime member, who has attended since 1952, told the station that her family is buried on the hill where the church stands.

What the plaque says

Alexander Methodist Chapel Organized in 1854 by Robert Alexander, Circuit Rider. First church built of hand-hewn logs in 1856 by early settlers, George Fullerton, Hugh Henry, Jim Walker, John Walker, E.W. Thompson and others. Ten acres of church land donated by Eliz Boatwright and John Singleton was deeded to the following trustees: James Walker, William Lawrence, John B. Wallace, William Glass and Harvey Mitchell. Second church was built in 1908 - W.D. Gardner, Pastor. Third church was built in 1939 - Willard Smith, Pastor.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum — 13 mi
  The library of the forty-first president on the Texas A&M campus, opened in 1997, where George and Barbara Bush and their daughter Robin are buried in a family plot on the grounds.
• Calvert — 22 mi
  A railroad cotton town of 1868 on State Highway 6 that claimed the largest cotton gin in the world and elected Black men to county and state office during Reconstruction.
• Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site — 31 mi
  A cedar-log dogtrot cabin of 1834 on the road through Anderson that grew into a seventeen-room inn and post office for travelers of the Republic, kept by one family until 1976.

More markers nearby

• Alexander Cemetery — steps away
• El Camino Real — 4.4 mi
• Staggers Point — 4.4 mi
• Wixon Cemetery — 4.6 mi