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St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church

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1930, Frederick B. Gaenslen. 304 W. Church St.
  • (Photograph by Gerald Moorhead)

In the relaxed ambiance of El Campo, the monumentality of St. Philip's comes as a surprise. The church's entrance doors are framed with a screen of paired cast-stone columns on tall bases. Above these, a Baroque niche is stationed atop a scrolled central window. The towers pay homage to the eighteenth-century mission churches of San Antonio. Next door to the church is the parish school of 1950 and 1956 by Houston architects Goehring and Reichert. Lloyd Reichert was a native son of El Campo.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

J. B. Holloway House
Lloyd Nixon House
Jack and Louise Hutchins House
El Campo Art Center (El Campo Library)
Commercial Building (Citizens State Bank Building)

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "St. Philip the Apostle Catholic Church", [El Campo, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-WD34.

Print Source

Cover: Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, 458-459.

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