Historical Marker

St. Francis Episcopal Church

Prairie View · Waller County · Dedicated 1962 · THC Atlas #5473008108

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About this site

St. Francis Episcopal Church is a historical marker in Prairie View, Waller County, dedicated in 1962. It is one of 52 historical markers documented in Waller County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 135 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 30.0872, -95.9930 near Prairie View. The nearest cataloged historic site is Prairie View A&M University (historical marker), about 0.3 miles away. Others within a short drive include Jacob E. Freeman, Evans, Annie Laurie, Hall, and Banks, W.R., Library.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5473008108. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

St. Francis of Assisi Episcopal Church grew out of a 1939 gathering of Episcopalians in the Prairie View A&M College community who sought a permanent congregation. The group organized formally as the St. Francis of Assisi Mission of the Diocese of Texas in 1950, with the Rev. James Murray, a Morehouse College graduate, as its first vicar. The church has long served the historically Black college town of Prairie View.

Sources: stfrancisofassisipv.org tshaonline.org

📍 30.0872, -95.9930 · Prairie View, Waller County

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