Oaklawn United Methodist Church

John S. Dickason, a former parishioner of Rev. Marcus Cullum, held power of attorney for relatives who owned a 640-acre tract and gave the parcel for the schoolhouse-church, according to the city's landmark report. The deed to the trustees was filed on October 3, 1874. The present brick church, designed by the Dallas architect C. D. Hill, had its cornerstone laid on May 9, 1913, and cost $90,000. Services stopped during the 1918 influenza epidemic, and the mortgage was paid off in 1921.

What the plaque says

Oaklawn United Methodist Church An Oak Lawn settler, the Rev. Marcus H. Cullum (1822 - 1885), preached in a grove on Turtle Creek until citizens built a school-church house here on site given by the Dickason-Sale family. At opening of that building, Sept. 20, 1874, the Rev. M. H. Cullum founded the Oak Lawn Methodist Episocopal Church, South. A larger building with spires was erected in 1889. The present structure was built 1911-15, and enlarged in 1928 and 1950. Church name has been altered by changes in national organization. Membership has grown from 20 in 1874 to more than 2,000. (1974)

Where it stands

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