First Church in Greene County

LOCATION: On the west side of North National Avenue at Calhoun Street, the entrance to Silver Springs Park.

INSCRIPTION: "585 FEET SOUTHWEST. FIRST CHURCH METHODIST EPISCOPAL IN SOUTHWEST MISSOURI WAS LOCATED IN 1833. SIZE 18 X 20 FEET, BUILT OF LOGS, PUNCHEON FLOOR AND SEATS. COST 18 DOLLARS. REV. JAS. H. SLAVENS, M.D., PASTOR OVER WHITE RIVER AND ST. FRANCIS DISTRICTS. 100 X 200 MILES IN EXTENT. MARKER ERECTED BY THE SPRINGFIELD EPISCOPAL AND METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCHES SOUTH, 1921."