Hamilton Texas Churches. (original) (raw)

St. Mary's Episcopal Church

120 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