Historic Midland
An illustrated history of the Midland County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
An illustrated history of the Midland County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
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Then in 1975, the family of Mabel Holt Glass<br />
donated the Mabel Holt Glass Memorial Chapel,<br />
a lovely structure where light pours in on all<br />
sides through stained glass windows. And shortly<br />
afterward, the Boone Bible Class came forward<br />
with funds to build a new bell tower in the<br />
church’s Meditation Garden. In addition to the<br />
old bell, they also placed two wrought iron banisters<br />
from the Scharbauer Education Building,<br />
and a metal box containing memorabilia from<br />
the church’s centennial celebration. In one corner<br />
of the tower is the cornerstone taken from<br />
the church’s 1907 red brick sanctuary.<br />
As First United Methodist looks forward to<br />
the twenty-first century, its membership continues<br />
to grow—and to grow in faith and love. But<br />
the people of today will never forget the original<br />
few who started it all—nor the little frame<br />
church house they built to worship in.<br />
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Above, left: Texas <strong>Historic</strong>al<br />
Landmark marker.<br />
Above: right: First United Methodist’s<br />
mission-style church, the third to be<br />
built in <strong>Midland</strong>.<br />
Bottom: First United Methodist<br />
Church at Main and Ohio, built<br />
in 1968.<br />
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