Historical Marker

Saint Mary's Episcopal Church

Historical marker location:

120 W. Main St., Hamilton, Texas

( 120 West Main Street, Hamilton)

First Episcopal church in Hamilton County. Services were begun 1868 in home of Mrs. E. D. Bell, Rt. Rev. Alexander Gregg; first bishop of Texas, who rode here horseback from Galveston.

Site given 1891 by Maj. C. W. Cotton. Building committee:

S. D. Felt, J. L. Spurlin, E. R. Williams. Gothic architecture. Bell given by a St. Louis merchant.

Consecrated 1896 by bishop A. C. Garrett. Rev. W. W. Patrick was the first rector.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark--1966.