Alta Loma in Galveston County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)

Original Site of First Baptist Church of Alta Loma

First Baptist Church of Alta Loma Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Jim Evans, February 9, 2012

1. First Baptist Church of Alta Loma Marker

Inscription. Oldest church in Alta Loma; second oldest Baptist church on Galveston mainland. Organized on Nov. 10, 1895, in a local hotel; 26 charter members.

Established Arcadia Baptist Church, 1945. Purchased "U. S. S. Houston" Memorial Chapel, 1946. Helped organize Galveston Baptist Association in 1949.

Erected 1970 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 7439.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical month for this entry is October 1890.

Location. 29° 21.981′ N, 95° 4.94′ W. Marker is in Alta Loma, Texas, in Galveston County. It is on 23rd Street 0.1 miles west of 23rd Street & FTM 646, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Santa Fe TX 77510, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Houston Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Republic of Texas,

and one of the Confederate States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Miller-Brautigam Home (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Alta Loma (approx. 0.3 miles away); Hitchcock Depot (approx. 0.8 miles away); Alta Loma Cemetery (approx. 1.1 miles away); Santa Fe Consolidated High School (approx. 1.6 miles away); Camp Wallace (approx. 2 miles away); Dairy Industry in the Santa Fe Area

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(approx. 2.3 miles away); U.S. Naval Air Station (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Alta Loma.

Photographed by Jim Evans

2. First Baptist Church of Alta Loma Marker

Marker is on far right in picture

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on February 10, 2012, by Jim Evans of Houston, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,179 times since then and 34 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on February 10, 2012, by Jim Evans of Houston, Texas. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.