Frankford Church
Frankford, Collin County, Texas
Marker Inscription
The White Rock Masonic Lodge Hall served as a schoolhouse and church building for the early Frankford community. Among the worshipers were a group of Methodists who were organized as part of a circuit in 1885. In the 1890s, this frame church building was erected through the efforts of Captain William McKamy (1823-1902) and several neighbors. The Methodists occupied the structure until 1924. Episcopal services began here in the 1960s. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1978
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
The White Rock Masonic Lodge Hall did triple duty for early Frankford as lodge, school, and church, and among its worshipers was a Methodist congregation organized on a circuit in 1885. In the 1890s Captain William McKamy and his neighbors built this frame church, which the Methodists used until 1924; Episcopal services followed in the 1960s. It is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
Why it matters
Modest frontier churches like this reveal how pioneer communities shared a single building for faith, schooling, and fellowship long before they could afford separate ones.
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Related people
- · William McKamy
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