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Historic Cedar Bayou United Methodist Church Hit By Ike
Cedar Bayou United Methodist Church on Ferry Road, Baytown suffered major flood damage from Hurricane Ike to the city’s oldest church and the state’s second oldest Methodist church. Founded in 1844 by Dr. Robert Alexander, the church has stood at roughly the same site since 1847 with a lineage tied to Texas history and notable figures such as Moseley Baker and Burnet. The history recalls the 1854 Burnet meeting, the 1857 second church, and the 1909 bell tower addition, as community memory centers surround the current structure.
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Baytown
Cedar Bayou United Methodist Church
Ferry Road
Cedar Bayou Umc
Republic of Texas
Robert Alexander
Galveston
Alexander Chapel
Cedar Bayou
Alexander Island
Harrison McLean
Sam Houston
Cedar Point
Texas
Lone Star
Hance Baker
Hance
Moseley Baker
San Jacinto
Moseley
Evergreen
Ashbel Smith
Baker
Houston
Lynchburg
David G. Burnet
Burnet
Gilbert Brooks
Goose Creek
Harvey Whiting
Brooks
Seth Carey
Carey's Bayou