St. Mary's Catholic Church

In the 1850s, families of German and Czech origin in the Ross Prairie area were served by visiting priests. After 1855, they worshipped in a log church (2 miles N) named Saint Joseph, the first permanent Catholic church in Fayette County. The church moved to Live Oak Hill about 1861, and purchased this site near the settlement in 1864. The first resident priest arrived in 1872, and a larger church structure, named Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (St. Mary's), was built in 1879. After it burned in 1905, this Gothic-styled church was built here now called Hostyn Hill--in 1906. Texas Sesquicentennial 1836-1986.

St. Mary's Catholic Church is a historical marker in Ellinger, Fayette County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 125 historical markers documented in Fayette County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 209 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.8517, -96.6792 near Ellinger. The nearest cataloged historic site is Cesko Narodni Hrbitov Cemetery (cemetery), about 1.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Cesko Narodni Hrbitov, St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery, and Fayetteville Brethren Church Cemetery.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5149004468. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.