Episcopal Mission of the Ascension
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gparkes
N 33° 13.703 W 097° 35.129
14S E 631802 N 3677497
Built 1889, this is oldest church building in Decatur, Texas. Today it is a wedding chapel.
Waymark Code: WM8NFA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/23/2010
Views: 11
Marker Number: 1492
Index Entry: Episcopal Mission of the Ascension
Address: S. Church & Hale Streets
City: Decatur
County: Wise
Subject Codes: ecclesiastical buildings; missions; Episcopal denomination; churches
Year Marker Erected: 1968
Marker Location: S. Church & Hale Streets, Decatur
Marker Size: Medallion and Plate
Marker Number: 1492
Marker Text:
Oldest original church building in Decatur. Consecrated by great missionary Bishop, the Rt. Reverend A. C. Garrett. Erected facing Main Street (2 blocks west of square) in 1889. Known as "The Little Church with the Crosses", by 1912 it had deteriorated, but was restored and moved, facing Walnut Street. In 1940 building was sold, used as mattress factory, but rescued same year and moved here, with sanctuary placed symbolically to east, toward Jerusalem.
Recorded Texas Historical Landmark - 1968
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