Details for First Known Religious Services in Mason County
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5319011274
Data
| Marker Number | 11274 |
| Atlas Number | 5319011274 |
| Marker Title | First Known Religious Services in Mason County |
| Index Entry | First Known Religious Services in Mason County |
| Address | |
| City | Mason vicinity |
| County | Mason |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 503152 |
| UTM Northing | 3397398 |
| Subject Codes | churches; German immigrants/immigration |
| Marker Year | 1985 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | From Mason take SH 29 approx. 12 miles east to Bauerville Rd.; then south on Bauerville Rd. approx. 7 miles |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Early settlers in this area were German immigrants who arrived about 1850. Their first worship services were held about twenty feet north of this site, under a large oak tree on the property of August H. Leifeste, Sr. (1812-1884). During the early 1850s, Conrad Pluenneke (1819-1897), a local preacher, held Methodist services. In 1852, the Rev. Charles A. Grote (1819-1887), a Methodist, and the Rev. Philip F. Zizelmann (1824-1902), a Lutheran, traveled from Fredericksburg to hold services once a month. Although the oak tree no longer stands, the site remains important to the religious heritage of Mason County. (1985) |