First Evangelical Lutheran Church
2401 Ave. G, Galveston, TXThe church was founded in 1850 in Galveston by German immigrants as the First German Evangelical Lutheran Church. Frame Gothic church built in 1868. Prior to construction congregation met in nearby Lyceum Hall, which was purchased by the church in 1885. In 1915 the church attached the hall building to the older church, encased them in brick veneer, and added the tower. The new church was built in 1957 but the older structure continues in use for church functions.
Local significance of the building:Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1984.
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