Historical Marker

Trinity Church of Quanah

Historical marker location:
500 DuBose Street, Quanah, Texas
( 500 DuBose Street, Quanah)
Marker installed: 1976

The Rt. Rev. Alexander C. Garrett (1832-1924), first missionary bishop of northern Texas, preached to local Episcopalians in a schoolroom when he first visited Quanah in 1887. The property for this church building was donated in 1890 by G. M. Dodge, developer of the Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad. The frame Victorian Gothic structure was consecrated on December 21, 1913, during the Episcopacy of the Rt. Rev. Edward Arthur Temple (1867-1924), Bishop of North Texas.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark-1976.