Gethsemane Church - Texas Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

This Church is the second building used by the congregation that would become Gethsemane Lutheran Church. Of this building, the Church's website says, "November 11th, 1883, the second church building was dedicated at 16th and Congress (still standing). Built at the cost of $6,500 using brick, stone and timber from the burned State Capitol building. Wheelbarrows, carts and hands carried material 2 blocks to be assembled by craftsmen and other members of the young congregation. January 29th, 1961, the final service in the 16th and Congress church building was held before the Texas State Building Commission acquired the property. It is now a state and national historic landmark and houses the Texas Historical Commission and is open to the public."
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Marker Number: -none- Marker Text: The First Lutheran Church in Travis County, Organized Dec. 12, 1868, by Swedish pioneers under leadership of Swante Palm. Site of first church building was 11 blocks SW; this structure was erected in 1883. It contains stone hauled in wheelbarrows from Texas Capitol that burned 1881. The present ornate, paneled doors came (1934) from Old Main Building at University of Texas. Architecture is typical of many rural Swedish Churches. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1962

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