Details for Episcopal Church of the Annunciation
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5055009767
Data
| Marker Number | 9767 |
| Atlas Number | 5055009767 |
| Marker Title | Episcopal Church of the Annunciation |
| Index Entry | Episcopal Church of the Annunciation |
| Address | 301 S. Walnut St. |
| City | Luling |
| County | Caldwell |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 630380 |
| UTM Northing | 3283958 |
| Subject Codes | eccesiastical buildings; churches; Episcopal denomination |
| Marker Year | 1974 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | corner of Walnut and Bowie St. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Luling's first church building. The Rt. Rev. Robert W. B. Elliott (1840-87), first bishop, missionary district of western Texas, enroute to his see city, held his original service in the district in a Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway passenger car in Luling on Dec. 20, 1874, eight months after town's founding. Early in 1875, the Rev. Wallace Carnahan preached here. The rev. Nelson Ayres arrived as vicar in Feb. 1876 and began to build this chapel with his own hands, conducting first service in it on April 15, 1877. Church was remodeled in 1938 and 1965. |