St. Mary's Catholic Church, the painted church in High Hill, Texas. (original) (raw)

St. Mary's Catholic Church is High Hill's main attraction.
As one of Fayette County's Painted Churches, it has some of the best examples of faux-finish woodwork and stained-glass.

The grayish blue stone capping the buttresses and accenting the brick was quarried from the nearby town of Muldoon.

The brick and stone exterior of St. Mary's Catholic Church
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2003

St. Mary's Catholic Church Sanctuary
Photo courtesy Barclay Gibson, October 2003

St. Mary's Catholic Church interior
TE Photo, March 2001

Photo courtesy Chia- Wei Wang, August 2008

Painted ceiling
TE Photo, March 2001

Painted ceiling and faux-finish column
TE Photo, March 2001

Painted ceiling and faux-finish columns
TE Photo, March 2001

Painted ceiling, faux-finish column & statue of nun
TE Photo, March 2001

Looking Up
TE Photo, March 2001

A column base
TE Photo, March 2001

More painted ceiling
TE Photo, March 2001

The elaborate faux marble columns and ceilings make this church one of the ones not to miss.
TE Photo, March 2001

Stained Glass Windows

Photo courtesy Garry Taylor. March, 2005

Photo courtesy Garry Taylor. March, 2005

Photo courtesy Garry Taylor. March, 2005

St. Mary's Catholic Church
Photos courtesy Garry Taylor (Austin, Texas) March, 2005

Stained-glass window
TE Photo, March 2001

Holy Water in a ceramic crock reminds you you're in the country.
TE Photo, March 2001

Fire estinguishers are placed artistically as well as strategically.
TE Photo, March 2001

Readers' Comment:
... I am also very familiar with St. Mary�s in High Hill as I have attending mass there frequently as well. The rectory is on one side of the church and the parish hall is on the other side. The cemetery at St. Mary�s is directly behind the church. ... - Regards, Mike Osina, January 04, 2005