Marker Inscription
Art, Architecture, Religion
Historic Place
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Queen of Peace
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About this site
Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Queen of Peace is a historic place in Sweet Home, Lavaca County, dedicated in 1983. It is one of 5 historic places documented in Lavaca County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 129 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.3423, -97.0692 near Sweet Home. The nearest cataloged historic site is Queen of Peace Catholic Cemetery (cemetery), about 0.4 miles away. Others within a short drive include Sweet Home Colored Cemetery, Bennett Cemetery, and West-Wagner Homestead.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2083003149. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This Gothic Revival brick church was built in 1918 in Sweet Home, a rural community settled by Catholic Bohemian farmers who formed their own parish in 1895. Its interior was painted by Fred Donecker, with wooden columns marbled in ochre and brown, a pressed-metal ceiling, and a mural of the Ascension of Christ. One of the Painted Churches of Texas, it was added to the National Register in 1983.
Sources: en.wikipedia.orgqpcatholicchurch.com
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