First Christian Church of Denton
Denton, Denton County, Texas
Marker Inscription
This congregation, established in 1868 and led by Elder Terrell Jasper, initially met in the local Masonic Hall until a frame church building was erected in 1876. A state charter was issued to First Christian Church of Denton in 1902. By 1904 a brick building was constructed at Hickory and Piner streets, the first of three structures to house the congregation at that location. The current facility at 1203 Fulton Street was designed by O'Neil Ford and was completed in 1959. The church continues to provide spiritual leadership in the community. (1997)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Established in 1868 under Elder Terrell Jasper, this Denton congregation first gathered in the local Masonic Hall before raising a frame church in 1876 and receiving a state charter in 1902. A brick building followed at Hickory and Piner streets, the first of three structures the church would occupy there. Its current home on Fulton Street, completed in 1959, was designed by the celebrated Texas modernist architect O'Neil Ford.
Why it matters
From a frontier meeting in a Masonic hall to a mid-century building by a landmark Texas architect, the congregation charts the growth of a North Texas town across nearly a century.
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Related people
- · Terrell Jasper
- · O'Neil Ford
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