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San Salvador Mission Church

Caldwell, Burleson County

Marker Text

San Salvador, a mission of St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Bryan, was named for the patron saint of Cefalu, Sicily, the native village of Italian immigrants who came here in 1894. Religious services were held in homes until 1908, when devout families each gave cotton from ten field rows to buy materials, and the men worked six weeks to build this church. First Mass was said at its Altar in Oct. 1908. In 1952 the building was remodeled, and a new Altar was added in 1965.

Marker Details

Address 9203 CR 286
Location Description from Caldwell, take SH 21 E about 11 miles to FM 50, go S about 2 miles to CR 286, go W about 0.5 mile to church
Marker # 8652
Dedicated 1974
Size, Type Medallion and Plate
Code Italian immigrants/immigration; eccesiastical buildings; Roman Catholic denomination; churches
Latitude, Longitude 30.603403, -96.527633

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