Black plaque № 21489

Granger, TX, United States

Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church. The Czechs/Moravians who settled here in the early 1880s initially worshiped in each others' homes or traveled 12 miles to Taylor, site of the nearest Catholic church. As their informal congregation grew so did the community of Granger. In 1891 they erecte

d a wood frame sanctuary here on land donated by Austinite W. H. Walton, and named their church after the Czech patron saints, Cyril and Methodius. During the Rev. Frantisek Machan's brief tenure as p

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