Details for Stella Maris Chapel
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5007005103
Data
| Marker Number | 5103 |
| Atlas Number | 5007005103 |
| Marker Title | Stella Maris Chapel |
| Index Entry | Stella Maris Chapel |
| Address | |
| City | Lamar |
| County | Aransas |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 697523 |
| UTM Northing | 3114665 |
| Subject Codes | Texas Revolution, Republic of Texas; design and construction; Roman Catholic denomination; churches; Irish immigrants/immigration |
| Marker Year | 1986 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From Rockport, take SH 35 north about 7 miles to Goose Island State Park (just north of causeway). Then follow P13 east then NE to Lamar Cemetery |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Irish immigrant James W. Byrne (1787-1865), a veteran of the Texas Revolution, was an early settler of this area. He established the town of Lamar and, with his wife Harriet, sold land on Aransas Bay to the Catholic church for a chapel site. Byrne engaged a French architect to design the structure, which was completed in 1858. Called Stella Maris (Star of the Sea) Chapel, it was built of shellcrete, a shell-aggregate masonry. An important link with the area's early Roman Catholic heritage, the chapel was moved to this site in 1986. (1986) |