Shiloh Church Monument - Springdale AR
N 36° 11.270 W 094° 07.809
15S E 398382 N 4005373
Quick Description: This monument chronicles the history of Shiloh Church, which is now on display at the Shiloh Museum of Ozark History, just a few blocks away.
Location: Arkansas, United States
Date Posted: 6/10/2012 8:09:20 AM
Waymark Code: WMEKNC
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Long Description:
AUGUST 22, 1840
"REGULAR BAPTIST
CHURCH OF SHILOH"
WAS FOUNDED 3 MILES
EAST OF CITY. THE LOG
CHURCH WAS MOVED IN
1841-2 TOS.E. CORNER OF
MAIN AND HUNTSVILLE ST.
BURNED CIVIL WAR PERIOD AND
2ND CHURCH BUILT ON SAME
SITE 1868. SERVING ALSO AS
FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL UNTIL 1885.
LIBERTY MISSIONARY BAPTIST
BOUGHT 1/2 INTEREST IN 2ND CHURCH
1N 1887, AND SHILOH'S INTEREST 1N 1899.
SHILOH CEMETERY LOCATED ON CHURCH
PROPERTY BY 1841, AND MOVED TO
BLUFF CEMETERY 1895
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SHILOH
CHURCH
PLACED ON
NATIONAL REGISTER
1975
DATES OF USE
REGULAR- PRIMITIVE BAPTIST
1871 - 1936
METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH
1871 - 1882
LIBERTY MISSIONARY 1ST BAPTIST
1871 - 1887
MASONIC LODGE NO. 316
1871 - 1907
ODDFELLOWS LODGE
1935 -
THE STRUCTURE ACROSS THE CREEK
TO THE WEST WAS THE THIRD CHURCH BUILT
ON A 1.5 ACRE SITE. THREE DENOMINATIONS
AND THE MASONS SHARED IN ITS USE AND
CONSTRUCTION IN 1871
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