St. James Episcopal Church - La Grange, TX
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N 29° 54.481 W 096° 52.432
14R E 705273 N 3310491
Lovely Queen Anne Style Church was built in 1885 on land donated in 1867 by the Shropshire family.
Waymark Code: WMXQ3F
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 02/11/2018
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St. James was designed by Richard M. Upjohn of New York, Built in 1855-56, it follows an American version of the English Queen Anne Style. Carl Michaelis of La Grange was the contractor.
The Queen Anne style was based on a revival on England and made popular by Richard Norman Shaw. The style reached the U.S. in the 1870’s and was transformed from half-timber and brick to an entirely wood fabric. In this wooden-framed building shingles cover most of the walls and steeply pitched roof. The tower is decorated with boards in geometrical patterns. Tudor spindles support the porch roofs. This church is also noteworthy for the manner in which the design responded to the climate. Louvered and screened openings, closed by removable panels on the interior, flank the pews, allowing for air circulation in hot weather.