Site of the First Protestant Church in California

On this site was organized by the Rev. Sylvester Woodbridge, Jr., on April 15, 1949 the First Presbyterian Church of Benicia. This was the first protestant church established in California with an ordained resident pastor. The church of disbanded in ...

Site of the First Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Roche

In 1850, a group of Norwegian settlers from Koshkonong, the foremost Norwegian settlement colony in the United States at the time, left their southern Wisconsin home and migrated north, settling here in "Roch-a-Cree" or Roche-a-Cri. Imbued with pioneer spirit and ...

Original Site of First Methodist Church of Austin

Established in 1840 by the Rev. John Haynie (1786-1860), the First Methodist Church was Austin’s second Protestant congregation. Services were held in temporary quarters until members erected their first meeting house in 1847 at this site, then the corner of ...

Original Site of First Presbyterian Church

The Rev. William M. Baker and five charter members organized the First Presbyterian Church of Austin on May 26, 1850. Abner H. Cook, future designer of the Governor's Mansion, was among the charter members and was elected a ruling elder. ...

Original Site of First Baptist Church of Austin

The Rev. R.H. Taliaferro of Kentucky organized the First Baptist Church in July 1847. Worship services were first held in the Capitol and later moved to a frame building at 12th and Lavaca. The congregation met in the 700 block ...

Site of the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of New Hempst

Erected Oct. 1925

Site of the

First Reformed

Protestant Dutch

Church

of New Hempstead

Organized Jan. 12, 1750

First consistory Chosen Apr. 22 1750

First Stone Laid Jun. 11 1751

Dedicated Sep. 8 1751

Rebuilt in 1826

Name changed to

First Reformed

Protestant Dutch Church

in Clarkstown May 6 1840

Building destroyed ...

Site of Springfield's First Church

1805 1955

Site of Springfield's First Church

Placed by Central Methodist Church

October 16, 1955

Marker is at the intersection of Fountain Avenue and Main Street, on the left when traveling south on Fountain Avenue.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Site Of Kent County’s First Presbyterian Church

A Presbyterian Society, present in Kent from c1694, was organized and worshipped in a log church on this site from c1708 until 1791. The Presbytery of Philadelphia recognized its congregation in 1714. The present church was built in 1791 and ...

Site of First African Methodist Episcopal Church on the Pacific

This is the site of the first church building associated with an African American religious congregation on the Pacific Coast. The church was the Methodist Church of Colored People of Sacramento City, formally organized in 1850. In 1851 the congregation ...

Original site of the First Catholic Church in 1887

The present, remodeled bank building was constructed in 1936 as the second St. Malchy Church. In the early 1980's the structure was sold to the newly formed Sierra National Bank, which was acquired by the Bank of the Sierra in ...