Paducah in McCracken County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

First Christian Church

(Disciples of Christ)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 25, 2020

1. First Christian Church Marker

Inscription.
Organized, 1849, affiliated with Campbell-Stone Movement in plea for Christian Unity. Located at Seventh and Jefferson, 1895-1965. Tower Bell, cast in 1868, used on area river packets sixty years. Murrell Blvd. Congregation merged following 1937 flood. A part of largest and oldest religious body indigenous to the United States.

Erected 1966 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 899.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1849.

Location. 37° 3.609′ N, 88° 39.158′ W. Marker is in Paducah, Kentucky, in McCracken County. It is at the intersection of Audubon Drive and Sunset Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Audubon Drive. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 415 Audubon Drive, Paducah KY 42001, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Jackson Purchase.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the South,

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in the Upper South,

and in the Ohio River Valley.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Angles / “The Veep” (approx. ¼ mile away); Unity Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Paducah Community College (approx. half a mile away); Oklahoma City Bombing Victims (approx. 0.6 miles away); Whitehaven (approx. 0.7 miles away); Immanuel Baptist (approx. 0.7 miles away); World War II Memorial (approx. one mile away); Alben W. Barkley / Barkley's Grave (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paducah.

Also see . . . First Christian Church of Paducah. Website homepage (Submitted on October 28, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, October 25, 2020

2. First Christian Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on April 1, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 28, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 944 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on October 28, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.