Details for Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5035003889
Data
Marker Number | 3889 |
Atlas Number | 5035003889 |
Marker Title | Our Savior's Lutheran Church |
Index Entry | Our Savior's Lutheran Church |
Address | Unnamed Road |
City | Clifton |
County | Bosque |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 625141 |
UTM Northing | 3516004 |
Subject Codes | Lutheran denomination; churches; Norweigan settlement |
Marker Year | 1965 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | from Clifton take FM 219 west about 6.8 miles; take FM 182 2.8 miles north to church |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
Marker Text | Mother church, former Evangelical Lutheran Church in Texas. Organized June 14, 1869, by Norwegian settlers of Bosque County. Building erected 1875-1885. Cleng Peerson, pioneer of Norwegian emigration to U.S. (landed 1821) is buried here. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965 Supplemental plate: Centennial 1869-1969 Church built by Norwegian pioneers, 1875; contractor Gunerius Shefstad. Dedicated in 1885; enlarged, veneered with brick in 1907; veneer work redone, 1956; memorial windows given in 1958. This church has been served by eight pastors. (1970) |