Historical Marker
Regular Baptist Church of Shiloh
Springdale, Washington County · Arkansas
Four groups paid for the 1871 Shiloh meeting house: the Shiloh Regular Baptist church, Liberty Missionary Baptist, the Methodist Episcopal Church South and Springdale Masonic Lodge No. 316. Rev. John Holcomb gave the land and the building cost $973.43, with churches downstairs and the Masons above. The Regular Baptists were the last to hold regular services, disbanding in 1928. The water and sewer department took the building for back taxes in 1931 and the Odd Fellows bought it in 1935. The Shiloh Museum received it in 2005, and it was renamed Shiloh Meeting Hall in 2006.
Where it stands
36.18702, -94.13013 · Directions
Worth the stop nearby
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