Medlan Chapel Primitive Baptist Church
Graham, Young County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Built 1882. Of native sandstone quarried one mile from site with lime rock burned for mortar. Pews hauled by ox wagon from Sherman. One of earliest houses of worship in Young County. Church and land donated by A.B. (Uncle Archie) and Aunt Betty Medlan, 1888. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1965
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Raised in 1882 from sandstone quarried a mile away and set with mortar burned from local lime rock, this little chapel was among the first houses of worship in Young County. Its pews came the hard way, hauled by ox wagon all the way from Sherman, and a local family later deeded the church and its land to the congregation.
Why it matters
It stands as a rugged monument to how frontier communities built their spiritual life from the very ground beneath them, stone by hauled-in stone.
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Related people
- · A. B. Medlan
- · Betty Medlan
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