Rosenberg, Fort Bend County
IN 1895, ARABELLA DORIGAN DONATED TWO LOTS FOR THE BUILDING OF A CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ROSENBERG. MASS WAS HELD PERIODICALLY IN OTHER BUILDINGS UNTIL 1911, WHEN A WOODEN CHURCH AND RECTORY WERE BUILT AT AVENUE H AND 6TH STREET. A FIRE DESTROYED THE CHURCH IN 1924, AND A NEW MISSION STYLE STUCCO CHURCH WAS BUILT IN 1925. IN THE 1950s THE STRUCTURES WERE DEMOLISHED, AND THE PROPERTY WAS SOLD. THE THIRD CHURCH, DESIGNED BY MARK LEMMON IN THE GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE, WAS BUILT WEST OF TOWN ON 25 ACRES DONATED BY JULIUS AND FRANCES GUBBELS AND WAS DEDICATED IN 1954. OVER THE YEARS A SCHOOL, STARTED IN THE 1930s, A RECTORY, A BELL TOWER, A GROTTO, A PARISH LIFE CENTER AND OTHER STRUCTURES HAVE BEEN BUILT AT THIS SITE.