Details for Grace Episcopal Church
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5123002236
Data
Marker Number | 2236 |
Atlas Number | 5123002236 |
Marker Title | Grace Episcopal Church |
Index Entry | Grace Episcopal Church |
Address | |
City | Cuero |
County | DeWitt |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 666521 |
UTM Northing | 3219441 |
Subject Codes | eccesiastical buildings; churches; Episcopal denomination; Gothic Revial (Architectural style) |
Marker Year | 1966 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | Esplanade and Live Oak Streets, Cuero |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
Marker Text | Organized in 1874. First chapel was moved from Port Lavaca; present church, built 1889, was dedicated May 25, 1890, when the Rev. George Hinson was rector. Gothic architecture with clapboard siding, walnut interior, cedar shingle roof. Rectors have included Hudson Stuck (1892-94), reformer, child labor laws, and conqueror of Mt. McKinley, and Everett H. Jones (1927-30), later fourth bishop, Diocese of West Texas. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1966. |