One of my first stops on my trip to Arizona was in Palestine where I found Sacred Heart Catholic Church. The following is a quick history of the church from texashistory.unt.edu.
Sacred Heart's predecessor, St. Joseph's, was destroyed by fire in 1890 and the present building was started. It was completed and dedicated on June 18th, 1893 and named Sacred Heart.
The Architect was Nicholas J. Clayton, who is also known for the Bishop's Palace in Galveston, TX. 675,000 bricks were molded by hand and baked on the site from mud brought by wagon from the Trinity River. The building has plastered interior walls, varnished oak, knotty pine and is of Victorian Gothic Style. The Stations of the Cross were hung between 1901 and 1915. The stained glass windows are from Italy and France. The church seats 500 comfortably and a maximum of 1,000.
On April 25, 1926 a new Pilcher pipe organ replaced the old reed organ at the cost of 5,000. This organ is still used today for special occasions.
6 comments:
wow. for being as old as it is, it is so beautiful!
Stunning! Such attention to detail . . .
It looks like a mighty fine, well-kept church.
beautiful windows!
It's beautiful and obviously was a labor of love. Construction was a lot different back then. But apparently better too...I doubt my house will still be standing in 100 years. :)
Stunning building!
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