Details for Our Savior's Lutheran Church
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5035003889
Data
| Marker Number | 3889 |
| Atlas Number | 5035003889 |
| Marker Title | Our Savior's Lutheran Church |
| Index Entry | Our Savior's Lutheran Church |
| Address | Unnamed Road |
| City | Clifton |
| County | Bosque |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 625141 |
| UTM Northing | 3516004 |
| Subject Codes | Lutheran denomination; churches; Norweigan settlement |
| Marker Year | 1965 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | from Clifton take FM 219 west about 6.8 miles; take FM 182 2.8 miles north to church |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | Medallion and Plate |
| Marker Text | Mother church, former Evangelical Lutheran Church in Texas. Organized June 14, 1869, by Norwegian settlers of Bosque County. Building erected 1875-1885. Cleng Peerson, pioneer of Norwegian emigration to U.S. (landed 1821) is buried here. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965 Supplemental plate: Centennial 1869-1969 Church built by Norwegian pioneers, 1875; contractor Gunerius Shefstad. Dedicated in 1885; enlarged, veneered with brick in 1907; veneer work redone, 1956; memorial windows given in 1958. This church has been served by eight pastors. (1970) |