Sacred Heart Catholic Church and School

Sacred Heart Catholic Church and School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Church in 2011
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Location	503 N. Queen St., Palestine, Texas
Coordinates	31°45′45″N 95°38′4″W / 31.76250°N 95.63444°W / 31.76250; -95.63444Coordinates: 31°45′45″N 95°38′4″W / 31.76250°N 95.63444°W / 31.76250; -95.63444
Area	less than one acre
Built	1890
Architect	Clayton,Nicholas J.
Architectural style	Gothic
NRHP Reference #	79002909[1]
RTHL #	8806
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	December 06, 1979
Designated RTHL	1964

Sacred Heart Catholic Church and School is a historic church and school at 503 North Queen Street in Palestine, Texas. It was designed by the prominent Texas architect Nicholas J. Clayton. It was built between 1890 and 1893 and replaced an earlier Catholic church that was destroyed by fire. It served the spiritual needs of the railroad workers stationed there in what was a large depot of the International–Great Northern Railroad. The railway deeded the site to Bishop Dubuis The bricks were locally made from mud from the Trinity River. It is the best example of Victorian Gothic architecture in North East Texas. Aditional plots were acquired in the years after the church was built and a school and cemetery were added.^[2]

It was built in 1890 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

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History of Sacred Heart Church