Wyatt's Chapel Church/School Site

Wyatt's Chapel Church/School Site. . , The site known as Wyatt's Chapel originally contained three acres of land: one acre of church and school, and two acres as a cemetery (although only one-quarter acre was used as a burial ground). The one-acre tract for Wyatt's Chapel was deeded to EDL Tims, a Methodist circuit rider, as Trustee of the Southern Methodist Conference in 1879. A single, white clapboard structure was erected by Calvin and John Wyatt on the site and served as both a church and school. Mansfield co-founder, Julian Feild, donated a parcel of land near downtown Mansfield and the groups known as the Wyatt's Chapel Methodist Church and the Poindexter Methodist Church merged into one congregation in 1885. Wyatt's Chapel continued to be used for school and Captain Enoch Harding, one of the earliest assessors in Tarrant County, worked as a teacher at Wyatt's Chapel from 1880-1888. The Wyatt's Chapel School District #75 continued until 1916 when it was consolidated with the Bludworth School District. A place of community activity, education, and faith, Wyatt's Chapel is significant in Mansfield sad Tarrant County as an early record of the pioneer families, their religion, activities, and employment.