ST. MARY'S CATHOLIC CHURCH

RAPID MEMBERSHIP GROWTH DURING THE LATE 19TH CENTURY PROMPTED ST. MARY'S CHURCH TO COMPLETE PLANS FOR A NEW SANCTUARY IN 1901. THE GOTHIC-INSPIRED NATIVE STONE STRUCTURE WAS DESIGNED BY PROMINENT SAN ANTONIO ARCHITECT LEO M. DIELMANN AND BUILT BY CONTRACTOR JACOB WAGNER IN 1906. IT FEATURES AN ASYMMETRICAL FRONT FACADE WITH A DOMINANT CORNER TOWER AND SPIRE CONTAINING THREE BELLS TRANSFERRED FROM THE NEARBY 1863 SANCTUARY. COMMEMORATIVE STAINED GLASS WINDOWS WERE INSTALLED IN 1906 AND 1914-17; ALTAR WINDOWS PORTRAY WAGNER'S DAUGHTER AND THE SON OF AN EARLY PARISHIONER.

RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK - 1995