Waco in McLennan County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Bosqueville Baptist Church

Photographed By James Hulse, August 5, 2022

1. Bosqueville Baptist Church Marker

Inscription. The Rev. S.G. O'Bryan organized this church in Nov. 1854. Frank Broadus, N.W. Crain, W.S. Gill, Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Kellum, Henry Rogers, and Mr. and Mrs. S.F. Sparks were charter members. They met in a log schoolhouse, and later at Bosqueville College. In 1887 the Bosque Masonic Lodge and this church jointly built a meetinghouse that burned within four months. The first sanctuary was completed in 1895; present one in 1917. One of the oldest rural congregations in McLennan County, this church has worshiped without interruption since 1854.

Erected 1978 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 466.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations. A significant historical month for this entry is October 1854.

Location. 31° 36.928′ N, 97° 11.863′ W. Marker is in Waco, Texas, in McLennan County. Marker is on Rock Creek Road, 0.4 miles north of Steinbeck Bend Drive, on the left when traveling north. The marker is located at the north side of the front entrance to the church. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 7465 Rock Creek Road, Waco TX 76708, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Bosqueville Cemetery (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Bosqueville Methodist Church

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(about 700 feet away); Bosqueville Cemetery Memorial (about 700 feet away); Alexander McKinza (about 800 feet away); David Smith Kornegay (approx. 0.2 miles away); Camp MacArthur (approx. 2.8 miles away); Old Site of Texas Christian University (approx. 3.8 miles away); The Clubhouse, Miss Nellie's & Anniversary Park (approx. 3.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Waco.

Also see . . . Bosqueville, TX. Texas State Historical Association

Bosqueville is four miles northwest of downtown Waco near the intersection of Farm roads 1637 and 3051 in north central McLennan County. Settlement of the area was well underway by the 1850s, and the community may have served as an early voting site. Little Berry White donated ten acres of land for a school and cemetery in 1850. In 1854 the Bosque Academy was established by Cumberland Presbyterian minister John C. Collier. As the community's Methodist population began to grow, that denomination also used the academy's facilities for its gatherings. The school, which eventually added a conservatory of music, by 1860 had
Photographed By James Hulse, August 5, 2022

2. The entrance to the Bosqueville Baptist Church and Marker
180 students and two institutions: the Bosqueville Academy for Boys and the Seminary for Young Ladies. The school closed when the Civil War began, but was later reorganized as the Bosque College and Seminary, a nonsectarian school that purported to be the country's first coeducational institution.

(Submitted on August 11, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.)

The view of the Bosqueville Baptist Church and Marker from the church parking lot image. Click for full size.

Photographed By James Hulse, August 5, 2022

3. The view of the Bosqueville Baptist Church and Marker from the church parking lot

Credits. This page was last revised on August 11, 2022. It was originally submitted on August 10, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 92 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on August 11, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.