Hispanic Baptist Church / Bilingual Sevices
4151 Royal Lane
Dallas, TX
75229
| Tuesday | 9am - 4pm |
| Wednesday | 11am - 8pm |
| Thursday | 11am - 6pm |
| Saturday | 9am - 4pm |
| Sunday | 9am - 6pm |
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In 1906, Jews from Austria and Romania founded Anshe Sphard in the Goose Valley neighborhood. Following the Sephardic rite, the small group met in private homes initially. In 1913, they bought a house which they converted into a synagogue. When most of its members moved out of the neighborhood, the congregation moved to a house in south Dallas. In 1936, the 40 members of Anshe Sphard moved to a new building which had formerly housed a telephone exchange. Known informally as the Roumanishe Shul, Anshe Sphard never had a rabbi or religious school; Charles Kaufman served as lay leader of the congregation for many years. In 1956, the small congregation merged with the much larger Shearith Israel.
FOUNDATION OF PRIMERA IGLESIA BAUTISTA MEXICANA
Dallas’ connection with Mexico dates back to 1886 when a Mexican Military Band was welcomed to perform and participate in the first State Fair of Texas by Mayor John Henry Brown. The development of “Little Mexico” began in 1914. At first a few Mexican families settled here, but the numbers increased rapidly reaching a peak of 10,000 by 1920.
The area of “Little Mexico” covered about 10 city blocks extending along both sides of McKinney Avenue from Akard Street to Griffin Street, and Stand Pipe Hill on the northwest and the MKT Railroad Tracks on the southwest. The community of “Little Mexico” was surrounded by huge warehouses and towering smoke stacks of Dallas’ wholesale district. Prior to this time, this Mexican settlement was occupied by Jewish immigrants. When the Mexican immigrants arrived the Jewish immigrants moved and relocated in various areas of the city and many Jewish home owners rented their homes to the newly arrived Mexican immigrants.
