Ruins of Brushy Creek Church
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member mr.volkswagen
N 29° 17.071 W 097° 07.879
14R E 681525 N 3240956
Located on Old Church Road between St. Joseph's and Oak Grove cemeteries.
Waymark Code: WM15GQ0
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/04/2022
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil
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All that remains of this old Catholic Church are the Front Facade and the two side walls. The back wall is totally gone. The ruins are on private property so do not cross the fence. The marker is on the public side of the fence.

Marker is in excellent shape.
Marker Measures 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 548

Marker Text:
(Several Hundred Yards North)

On 50-acre site donated 1868 for church and school purposes by John H. and Stephen Dunn, in large Irish and Czech Catholic area near the post road trading station of Bovine. It was 1876-1912 Church of St. Joseph's Parish, founded in 1860s by Father John Anthony Forest (1838-1911), third bishop (1895-1911), Diocese of San Antonio. Parishioners built church 1869-76 of stone from Muldoon, East Texas milled pine, and hand-hewn logs. Blacksmiths made nails and hinges on the site. Floor was of hard-packed, mortared clay.

On August 26, 1912, last Mass was said here; church burned in 1932. (1973)

Marker sponsored by Roland Patrick May Family
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