Historical Markers in Texas

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church

History·Gillespie County·Texas

Built 1852 by congregation, hewing wood by hand; quarrying native limestone; Swiss missionary pastor serving as night foreman at lime kiln. Texas Hill Country's oldest Lutheran church. Still is enclosed in original walls. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964

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30.2785, -98.8796

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