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The name Church of God in Christ was widely held by both groups until 1907, when Bishop C. H. Mason had the name COGIC, incorporated. Churches of the Holiness division began to use the name Church of Christ Holiness, and in October 1920 was chartered in the state of Mississippi as the Church of Christ (Holiness) U.S.A..
First Church of Christ, Scientist (Paris, Texas) 339 West Kaufman, Paris, Lamar County, Texas: Dissolved Vacant in 1988. Now being used by a Spanish-speaking Baptist congregation. [110] Unknown First Church of Christ, Scientist (Salt Lake City, Utah) 352 East 300 South (352 East Broadway), Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah: Dissolved
Christ Church was founded on March 16, 1839, making it the first chartered congregation in Houston. The principal founder of Christ Church was William Fairfax Gray. [3] A native of Fredericksburg, Virginia, Gray was a vestryman of St. George's Church in that city. After passing the bar in Virginia in 1835, he traveled to Texas, where he worked ...
The Mason Historic District in Mason, Texas is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was listed in 1974 and increased in 1991. It was listed in 1974 and increased in 1991. The original district was 230 acres (0.93 km 2 ) forming an irregular pattern along both sides of U.S. 87 and TX 29 which included 186 contributing buildings ...
The first Catholic church in Houston, St. Vincent's Church, opened in 1839. [6] John Odin, a bishop arrived in 1841 to help establish it, and in the fall of 1842 the building, in the Second Ward, was fully built. This church converted into a parish catering to German Americans in 1871 when the larger Annunciation Church opened. [7]
Mason: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark; part of Mason Historic District [9] [10] [11] NRHP PDF: 4: State Highway 9 Bridge at the Llano River: State Highway 9 Bridge at the Llano River: October 10, 1996 : US 87, 10 mi (16 km). S of TX 29
An adjacent "Teleph Hall" and three-story Education Building were added in the 1930s next to the small church building. In the 1950s Tellepsen Construction replaced the church with a new Sanctuary of reinforced concrete. The interior is striking with its use of curved forms, and a massive mural "Christ of the Working Man" by John William Orth.
The major freeway serving the area is the Gulf Freeway, part of Interstate 45, which connects Texas City with Galveston and Houston. Texas State Highway 146 locally connects Texas City with other Galveston Bay Area communities on the shoreline. Texas Loop 197 combines with Highway 146 to form a ring around the city, providing access to the city ...