St. Mary's Catholic Church (Fredericksburg, Texas)

St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's Catholic Church in 2017
St. Mary's Catholic Church
St. Mary's Catholic Church
30°16′37″N 98°52′35″W / 30.27694°N 98.87639°W / 30.27694; -98.87639Coordinates: 30°16′37″N 98°52′35″W / 30.27694°N 98.87639°W / 30.27694; -98.87639
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 (1905)-1906 (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 (#70000749[1])
MPS Churches with Decorative Interior Painting TR
NRHP reference # 83003143[1]
RTHL # 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

Old St. Mary's Church (1863) in 2017

Old St. Mary's

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

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

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Knopp, Kenn. "A Short History of New St. Mary's Church". The Painted Churches of Texas: Echoes of the Homeland. Sacred Ground. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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 2013-11-08.
  4. 1 2 "Old St. Mary's Church (Die Alte Kirche)". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "St. Mary's Catholic Church". Texas Historic Sites Atlas. Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  6. ↑ "A Guide to the Leo M. J. Dielmann Papers, Drawings, and Photographs, 1847-1961". Daughters of the Republic of Texas. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
  7. ↑ "Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church". St. Mary's Catholic Church (official website). Archived from the original on 2013-11-11. Retrieved 2013-11-08.
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