| Marker Number |
8652 |
| Atlas Number |
5051008652 |
| Marker Title |
San Salvador Mission Church |
| Index Entry |
San Salvador Mission Church |
| Address |
9203 CR 286 |
| City |
Caldwell |
| County |
Burleson |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
737034 |
| UTM Northing |
3388255 |
| Subject Codes |
Italian immigrants/immigration; eccesiastical buildings; Roman Catholic denomination; churches |
| Marker Year |
1974 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
Yes |
| Marker Location |
from Caldwell, take SH 21 E about 11 miles to FM 50, go S about 2 miles to CR 286, go W about 0.5 mile to church
|
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
Medallion and Plate |
| Marker Text |
San Salvador, a mission of St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Bryan, was named for the patron saint of Cefalu, Sicily, the native village of Italian immigrants who came here in 1894. Religious services were held in homes until 1908, when devout families each gave cotton from ten field rows to buy materials, and the men worked six weeks to build this church. First Mass was said at its Altar in Oct. 1908. In 1952 the building was remodeled, and a new Altar was added in 1965. |
