St. Mary's Catholic Church (Fredericksburg, Texas)
St. Mary's Catholic Church | |
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![]() St. Mary's Catholic Church in 2017 | |
30°16′37″N 98°52′35″W / 30.27694°N 98.87639°W | |
Location | 306 W. San Antonio St. Fredericksburg, Texas |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Website | http://church.stmarysfbg.com/ |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Dedicated | 1906 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Architect(s) | Leo M.J. Dielmann |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Years built | 1905 | -1906
Administration | |
Diocese | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio |
St. Mary's Catholic Church | |
Area | less than one acre |
Built by | Jacob Wagner |
Part of | Fredericksburg Historic District (ID70000749[1]) |
MPS | Churches with Decorative Interior Painting TR |
NRHP reference No. | 83003143[1] |
RTHL No. | 14697 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 21, 1983 |
Designated CP | October 14, 1970 |
Designated RTHL | 1995 |
St. Mary's Catholic Church is a Roman Catholic church at 306 W. San Antonio in Fredericksburg, Texas.
History
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Old St. Mary's
[edit]The first Catholic church in Fredericksburg was a log house built in 1848.[2] In 1861 it was replaced by a stone building, completed in 1863.[3] Now called Old St. Mary's, since 1906 this building has served several purposes, including as a schoolhouse.[4] Its place in the history of German immigration to Texas lead it to be listed as a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1994.[4]
St. Mary's today
[edit]By 1901 the church building was too small for the congregation.[5] A new church was designed by San Antonio architect Leo M.J. Dielmann[5][6] and built by contractor Jacob Wagner in 1906.[2] The current St. Mary's contains many Gothic features such as buttresses, trefoil motifs, and a corner tower rising high above the roofline.[3][5] The interior contains extensive painting and murals, including on the organ pipes and ceiling vaults,[3] leading to its inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places as a painted church. It is also part of the National Register's Fredericksburg Historic District,[3] and a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.[5]
The current campus also includes Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church at 302 East College Street. Originally opened in 1919, it was closed in the 1940s, then reopened as a mission of St. Mary's for Spanish speakers in 1983.[7]
See also
[edit]- National Register of Historic Places listings in Gillespie County, Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Gillespie County
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Knopp, Kenn. "A Short History of New St. Mary's Church". The Painted Churches of Texas: Echoes of the Homeland. Sacred Ground. Archived from the original on February 13, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
- ^ a b c d Kennedy, Carol; Flory Butler, Linda; McCann, Marianne (1983). "Churches in Texas with Decorative Interior Painting – National Register of Historic Places Thematic Nomination" (PDF). Texas Historical Commission. pp. 30–32. Retrieved November 8, 2013.[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b "Old St. Mary's Church (Die Alte Kirche)". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
- ^ a b c d "St. Mary's Catholic Church". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
- ^ "A Guide to the Leo M. J. Dielmann Papers, Drawings, and Photographs, 1847-1961". Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
- ^ "Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church". St. Mary's Catholic Church (official website). Archived from the original on November 11, 2013. Retrieved November 8, 2013.
External links
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- 20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
- Churches in Gillespie County, Texas
- German-American culture in Texas
- Gothic Revival church buildings in Texas
- National Register of Historic Places in Gillespie County, Texas
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
- Roman Catholic churches completed in 1906
- Roman Catholic churches in Texas
- Buildings and structures in Fredericksburg, Texas
- Historic district contributing properties in Texas
- 1848 establishments in Texas