Marker Inscription
Art, Architecture, Religion
Historic Place
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church
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About this site
Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church is a historic place in Shiner, 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 29.4234, -97.1658 near Shiner. The nearest cataloged historic site is Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Saint Ludmila's Academy, First Methodist Church of Shiner, and Sarah Creath McSherry Hibbens Stinnett Howard.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2083003151. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The present Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church in Shiner, a town founded by German and Czech Catholics, is a Romanesque Revival brick structure built in 1920-21 to replace an 1891 church that had outgrown its congregation. It was designed by F. Wahrenburger and built by B. Falbo and M. Deodati, with stained glass imported from Munich. The interior was painted by Berlin-trained artist Edmond Fatjo, including a focal mural of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. One of the Painted Churches of Texas, it has been on the National Register since 1983.
Sources: ncregister.comtexasescapes.com
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