St. Luke Catholic Church - Irving, TX
N 32° 48.754 W 096° 56.671
14S E 692437 N 3632378
An Irving Centennial Marker stands on the grounds of the Heritage Senior Center, 200 S Jefferson St, noting this site as the original site of St. Luke's Catholic Church, which has since moved to other locations.
Waymark Code: WMT1MZ
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/09/2016
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The marker says:
Roman Catholic settlers came to this area in the 1850s. By 1902, they had founded the mission of St. Luke. The founders of Irving donated property at the southeast corner of Second and Jefferson Streets to St. Luke the following year. The community built a white frame structure at this location in 1904. To accommodate its increasing membership, St. Luke built a brick church at the northeast corner of Fifth St. and Iowa St. (Now O'Connor Rd.) in 1928. In 1954, the church's continuing growth led to the construction of a larger building on Perch Hill Rd. (now MacArthur Blvd.) at Schulze Dr. The Catholic community of St. Luke built the present sanctuary on the same property in 1988.
Group that erected the marker: Irving Heritage Society
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
200 S Jefferson St
Irving, TX USA
75060
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