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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places in downtown Houston, Texas. It is intended to be a complete list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the Downtown Houston neighborhood, defined as the area enclosed by Interstate 10 , Interstate 45 , and Interstate 69 .
St. Mary of the Purification Church - It was established on April 5, 1929. [79] St. Michael Church (West Houston) - It is in proximity to the Houston Galleria. [80] St. Monica Church (Acres Homes) - The parish was established in 1964, and it originated from a mission established in the 1940s. [81]
Old St. Mary's, Old St Mary's, or Old Saint Mary's may refer to: Old St. Mary's Church (Cincinnati, Ohio), church in United States; Old St Mary's, Walmer, church in Kent, England; Old St. Mary's Church (Milwaukee, Wisconsin), church in United States; Old St. Mary's Catholic Church (Fredericksburg, Texas), church in United States; Old St Mary's ...
A large expansion was completed with new chapel, parlor, offices and classrooms in 1959. A new sanctuary was complete by March 29. This building is now Old Church. St. Martin's had grown to 2,791 baptized members by its tenth anniversary on 7 September 1962. Schoenstein organ in St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Houston, Texas
Construction of the second St. Mary's parish began in 1847 in Galveston and in 1848 it was dedicated as St. Mary's Cathedral of the newly established diocese of Galveston. St. Mary's was the first catholic Cathedral in the state of Texas and for over 100 years it was the only cathedral in the Diocese of Galveston. [4]
All Saints Catholic Church is an historic church at 201 East 10th Street in the historic Heights area of Houston, Texas. The parish is a part of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. It is in Houston Heights block 218. [3] The Romanesque Revival-style church building was constructed in 1926 and added to the National Register of Historic Places ...
Annunciation Church sprung from the congregation at St. Vincent's, Houston's first Catholic church. In 1866, Father Joseph Querat and Galveston Bishop Claude M. Debuis believed the congregation was outgrowing the old building and started planning for a new one. The congregation chose the name for the planned building, "Church of the Annunciation."
On the east wall of the chapel is the statue of "Our Lady, Seat of Wisdom", a statue of Mary with the child Christ on her lap. In the statue, the child is holding a book in one hand while instructing with the other. The interior of the chapel is designed to create a series of shifts during the mass.