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Historical Marker
St. Paul Lutheran Church (1963)
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About this site
St. Paul Lutheran Church is a historical marker in Serbin, Lee County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 47 historical markers documented in Lee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 110 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.1141, -96.9882 near Serbin. The nearest cataloged historic site is Serbin (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include St. Paul Lutheran Church, In This Grave Rest James Goucher and Five Members, and Goucher Graves.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5287008175. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
St. Paul Lutheran Church was founded by Wendish (Sorbian) immigrants who, led by Pastor Johann Kilian, sailed from Germany in 1854 and settled the community they named Serbin. The congregation laid the cornerstone of a frame church in 1859 and completed its present stone church in 1871, a building noted for the tallest pulpit in Texas, set above the altar, and a two-story plan that seated men in the upper gallery. Its interior was elaborately hand-painted by parishioners in 1906, making it the only non-Catholic 'painted church' in Texas, and the congregation was among the earliest of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in the state.
Also at or near Serbin, Lee County
“St. Paul Lutheran Church” names 2 distinct records in Lee County. This page is the historical marker dedicated in 1963 in Serbin. The others:
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