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St. Mary's Episcopal
Church120 W Main
St
St. Mary's Church Historical Marker Text
First Episcopal church
in Hamilton County. Services were begun 1868 in home of Mrs. E.D. Bell, Rt. Rev.
Alexander Gregg. First Bishop of Texas, who rode here horseback from Galveston.
Site given 1891 by Maj. C.W. Cotton, building committee: S.D. Felt, J.L. Spurlin,
E.R. Williams, Gothic architecture. Bell given by a St. Louis merchant.
Consecrated
1896 by bishop A.C. Garrett. Rev. W.W. Patrick was the first rector. |
First
Presbyterian Church
Photo courtesy Barclay
Gibson,
December 2005 | |
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