Historical Marker
Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Historical marker location:
Unnamed Road, Clifton, Texas
( from Clifton take FM 219 west about 6.8 miles; take FM 182 2.8 miles north to church)
Marker installed: 1965
Mother church, former Evangelical Lutheran Church in Texas. Organized June 14, 1869, by Norwegian settlers of Bosque County. Building erected 1875-1885.
Cleng Peerson, pioneer of Norwegian emigration to U.S. (landed 1821) is buried here.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965
Supplemental plate:
Centennial 1869-1969
Church built by Norwegian pioneers, 1875; contractor Gunerius Shefstad. Dedicated in 1885; enlarged, veneered with brick in 1907; veneer work redone, 1956; memorial windows given in 1958. This church has been served by eight pastors. (1970).