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PLANO PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Historical marker, 1997

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PLANO

THIS CHURCH TRACES ITS HISTORY TO 1856 WHEN A GROUP

OF PRESBYTERIANS BEGAN HOLDING REGULAR WORSHIP SER-

VICES IN ROUTH WOODS. THEY SHARED A BUILDING WITH THE

LOCAL BAPTIST CONGREGATION. DR. HENRY DYE WAS THE LAY

LEADER OF THE CUMBERLAND CONGREGATION KNOWN AS THE

SPRING CREEK PRESBYTERIANS.

IN 1871 THE CHURCH WAS REORGANIZED AND FORMALLY

ESTABLISHED AT A MEETING LED BY THE REV. I. HAYNES.

THE CHURCH NAME WAS CHANGED TO THE CUMBERLAND

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PLANO. IN 1873 DR. DYE GAVE

THE CHURCH ONE ACRE OF LAND WITHIN PLANO AND A

BUILDING WAS ERECTED THERE IN 1874. IN 1897 CHURCH

ELDER J. K. ALDRIDGE DONATED LAND ON AVENUE L AND 15TH

STREET. A NEW STRUCTURE WAS DEDICATED IN 1898. IN 1907

THE CONGREGATION REJOINED THE MOTHER CHURCH, AND

OMITTING THE NAME CUMBERLAND, BECAME KNOWN AS THE

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF PLANO.

AFTER A FIRE IN 1938, A NEW SANCTUARY WAS BUILT. THE

CHURCH LATER PURCHASED PROPERTY ON JUPITER ROAD,

AND BUILT A NEW FACILITY IN 1967. A NUMBER OR ORDAINED

MINISTERS ENTERED THE CLERGY FROM THIS CHURCH, WHICH

MAINTAINS AN ACTIVE OUTREACH PROGRAM.

Plano

Churches Index

Recommended citation:

" Plano Presbyterian Church, Collin County Churches," Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of Plano Libraries, Inc.

Last modified: June 30, 2009