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First Colony Bible Chapel is the earliest known open brethren assembly in the Houston metro currently in Fort Bend Co., [[Texas]], its annual conference commenced in 1901. The gathering was known originally as Houston Gospel Hall, and popularly as Louisiana Street Gospel Hall by 1922 for its location until at 2402 Louisiana Street. An early correspondent resided one block away at 2302 Louisiana St., which was also a popular hospitality house for visiting itinerants.
In 1937, a hive was initiated by Andrew Patterson, Jr. in his home, which became Pineview Bible Chapel, which folded in the early 2000's. Iglesia Cristiana Evangelica de SoHo also hived from the assembly on Louisiana Street in the late 1940's, originally known as South Houston Bible Chapel, which was predominantly Spanish-speaking by 1984 and continues in 2024.