06/01/2026
Construction on the Bethany Christian Church (Houston) Memorial Library, the new wing of the Disciples of Christ Historical Society’s facilities in Bethany, is progressing nicely. This new addition will provide dedicated space for the most expansive collection of early Stone-Campbell materials, archival storage, museum and exhibit space, staff offices, and a digitization lab to support the Society’s growing work of preservation and access.
We are hopeful that the initial stage of construction will be completed by the beginning of July. The staff offices and digitization lab are expected to be fully finished at that time, allowing our team to begin using portions of the new space this summer. The second stage of the project, which will include outfitting the archival storage areas and museum space, is expected to begin later in the summer.
Visitors to the Historical Society will be able to see the new space this summer, even as work continues. The museum exhibit will not be installed until later in 2026, but each step brings us closer to a facility designed to preserve and share the earliest decades of Disciples history for years to come.
