Historical Marker
Sabine Methodist Church
Lindale, Smith County · Texas
Erected 1985
Sabine was a church-and-school community. The Handbook of Texas says Joe Crone gave land for the church, a cemetery and a school, and early meetings were held under a brush arbor. In 1903 the Sabine School had one teacher and 53 white students. By 1936 two schools served the area: one with two teachers and 45 white students, and the Sabine-Saline school with two teachers and 76 Black students. Both were consolidated into the Lindale school district in 1952, and in 1969 the congregation transferred to Lindale Methodist Church. By 1981 only a few dwellings remained.
What the plaque says
Sabine Methodist Church Organized in 1894 by the Rev. W. L. Pate, this congregation was named for its proximity to the Sabine River. Land for the church, school, and cemetery was donated by Joe Crone. The fellowship was served first by circuit preachers, but in 1922 began sharing a minister with the Lindale Methodist Church. In 1969, the Sabine and Lindale congregations merged. Throughout its history, Sabine Methodist Church has placed an emphasis on Christian education and has provided fellowship for members who often live miles apart in the surrounding rural area. (1985)
Where it stands
32.56343, -95.39043 · Directions
Worth the stop nearby
- Tyler State Park — 8.4 miA 985-acre park eight miles north of Tyler, built by the Civilian Conservation Corps from 1935 to 1941 around a 64-acre spring-fed lake, with more than 13 miles of trails.
- Camp Ford Historic Park — 14 miA free county park north of Tyler on the site of the largest Confederate prison camp west of the Mississippi, with a kiosk, an interpretive trail and a historical society museum downtown.
- Goodman-LeGrand House and Museum — 15 miA Tyler house begun in 1859 as four rooms, enlarged by the Goodman family over 73 years, and left to the city in 1939 with its furnishings, in a garden that fills a city block.
- Tyler Rose Garden and Rose Museum — 16 miMore than 38,000 rose bushes of about 600 cultivars in a free city garden, beside a museum of the Texas Rose Festival, which began in 1933, and of the rose industry.