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All Faiths Chapel, previously known as Chapel for the Children, is an interfaith house of worship and historical landmark in Austin, Texas.It is on the grounds of the Austin State Supported Living Center (AusSSLC), a facility for people with developmental or intellectual disabilities, which was known at the time of the chapel's construction as the Austin State School.
Ximenes Chapel (Chapel of the Miracles) is a historic chapel at 113 Ruiz Street in San Antonio, Texas. The chapel has long been an important gathering place for San Antonio's Mexican-American and Hispanic Catholic population. [2] The chapel was rebuilt in the 1920s to replace the original chapel from 1813, which had been destroyed in a fire.
Built during the Great Depression, Little Chapel has been named one of Texas’ most outstanding architectural achievements. [1] Designed by leading American architect and Denton resident O'Neill Ford with Arch B. Swank Jr. and Preston Geren Sr., recruits from the National Youth Administration (NYA) constructed the building, while more than 300 students in the college's fine arts programs ...
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Texas and other landmarks of equivalent landmark status in the state. The United States' National Historic Landmark (NHL) program is operated under the auspices of the National Park Service , and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of ...
The first European buildings in Texas were a series of religious Spanish Missions established by Catholic Dominicans, Jesuits, and Franciscans to spread the Christian doctrine among the local Native Americans, and to give Spain a toehold in the frontier land. The missions introduced European livestock, fruits, vegetables, and industry into the ...
The plantation house of Columbus R. Patton, relative of several veterans of the Texas Revolution and later of former Governor Jim Hogg whose family struck oil on the property in 1920. It is currently a Texas State Historic Site. Winedale Stagecoach Inn: west of Round Top: 1834 Ammon Underwood House: East Columbia: 1835 At its core is an 1835 ...
A chapter house or chapterhouse is a building or room that is part of a cathedral, monastery or collegiate church in which meetings are held. When attached to a cathedral, the cathedral chapter meets there. In monasteries, the whole community often met there daily for readings and to hear the abbot or senior monks talk.
Following a flood in 1899, the chapel was rebuilt with stones from the surrounding hillside. [6] When the city of Mission, Texas, was founded in 1908, it was named in honor of La Lomita. [1] The chapel was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 1964, [9] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. [10]