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Black plaque № 18046

Lorena, TX, United States

The Lorena United Methodist Church. This church was organized in 1881 under the Rev. E.R. Barcus as Pastor. The congregation met at first in the Baptist Church building. Trustees Herbert J. Hudson, A.J. Pool, and H.C. Williams bought the site and supervised the construction of the sanctuary in 1886.

It owes its distinctive architecture to plans that came form the home church of trustee Hudson, a native of Cambridge, England. A very devout Methodist Layman, Hudson came to Lorena in 1877 and opera

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