Details for Polly's Chapel
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5019004067
Data
Marker Number | 4067 |
Atlas Number | 5019004067 |
Marker Title | Polly's Chapel |
Index Entry | Polly's Chapel |
Address | 359 Polly's Chapel Rd |
City | Bandera vicinity |
County | Bandera |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 500978 |
UTM Northing | 3293699 |
Subject Codes | eccesiastical buildings; churches; Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination |
Marker Year | 1965 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | From Bandera, take SH 16 about 8 miles northeast to Privilege Creek Bridge. Go north on County Road about 3 miles to Polly's Chapel. |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
Marker Text | Named for Policarpo Rodriguez (1829-1914), Texas Ranger, Army Scout and Guide; 1858 Privilege Creek settler. Converted here to Methodist faith, built with his own hands, in 1882, chapel of native stone, where he and others have preached. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965. |