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The old
Rock
Prairie
Baptist
Church
makes its
way down
the Texas
6 frontage
road to the
Rock
Prairie
Road
overpass
Friday.
Eagle photo
Stuart
Villanueva
Historic building takes a short journey to a new address in Millican
By JOHN BBADEN
Lrc7le Staff Writer
n old College Station class-
room and church building
with Inore than 100 Veal's of
history behind it was relocated to a
new home Friday.
As of about 3 p.m., after about
$6,000 and a 2`: --hour trek, the old
building was peacefully resting on
the property of Lynn and Terrie
Kunz, about 12 miles from where it
had spent the previous 117 years.
The one -room building was con-
structed in 1891, near the present-day
intersection of Rock Prairie Road
and Texas 6, to serve as the Rock
Prairie grammar school, according
to the Brazos County Historical Corn -
mission.
The building, which is about 31
feet wide and 18 feet high, became a
site of worship as the Rock Prairie
Missionary Baptist Church in. 1.9oo.
School classes were discontinued In
1919 after the school was consolidat-
ed with the nearby Shiloh school, but
the building continued to act as a
Baptist church for many years.
Henry Mayo, vice chairman of the
Brazos County Historical Commis-
sion, said, "We are pleased that
Weingarten Investors, the developer
of the property, has put forth the
effort to find someone willing to
move the old church off and save it
from demolition."
The Ktulzes, who were cozltacted
about the church less than a week
ago, say they are very happy and
excited that they may once again be
able to put the building to good use.
"We feel very blessed that we were
contacted about the church," Terrie
Kunz said. "We are going to tin -ii it
into a one -bedroom, one -bathroom
house for family members to live in."
The Kunzes, who own a construc-
tion business in Navasota, plan to
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