First United Methodist Church of Bartlett

On June 19, 1921, the sanctuary was dedicated by the Rev. H. A. Boaz, whom the plaque calls an early pastor here who later became a bishop and a university president. The Handbook of Texas describes Hiram Abiff Boaz as the second president of Southern Methodist University, from 1920 until he was elected bishop in 1922, so he already held that office at the dedication. His Handbook biography lists his earlier pulpits as Fort Worth, Abilene and Dublin and does not mention Bartlett. He lived to ninety-five and wrote an autobiography, Eighty-four Golden Years, in 1951.

What the plaque says

First United Methodist Church of Bartlett Organized between 1870 and 1875 as the Indian Creek Church, this congregation moved to Bartlett about 1885. Services were held in a store, schoolhouse, and Baptist church before construction of a Methodist church in 1890. Built in 1896, the present sanctuary was enlarged in 1912 and dedicated on June 19, 1921, after a donation by Mrs. S. T. Morrison helped pay the debt. Dedication speaker was the Rev. H. A. Boaz, an early pastor here who later became a bishop and president of Southern Methodist University. The fellowship grew from 13 members to a peak of 310 in the late 1950s.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Williamson County Courthouse — 18 mi
  The fifth Williamson County courthouse, a Beaux Arts building by C. H. Page, rises over a Georgetown square of more than 50 Victorian-era buildings.
• Inner Space Cavern — 20 mi
  A Georgetown cave found in 1963 when highway engineers drilled test holes, holding Pleistocene fossils and 72-degree rooms that visitors reach by an artificial tunnel.
• Temple Railroad and Heritage Museum — 21 mi
  The Santa Fe depot of 1911 in a railroad town that began in 1880 as a construction camp, now a museum with locomotives and cars parked beside the active rail yard.
• The Round Rock — 25 mi
  A table-shaped stone in Brushy Creek gave Round Rock its name in 1854; the Chisholm Trail crossed the creek near it, and Old Town stayed behind when the railroad pulled the town east.

More markers nearby

• Bartlett Grammar School — 0.3 mi
• First Baptist Church of Bartlett — 0.3 mi
• City of Bartlett — 0.4 mi
• Site of Bartlett Colored School — 0.5 mi