| Marker Number |
9110 |
| Atlas Number |
5491009110 |
| Marker Title |
Immanuel Lutheran Church |
| Index Entry |
Immanuel Lutheran Church |
| Address |
CR 404, 1.5 mi. W |
| City |
Taylor |
| County |
Williamson |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
648429 |
| UTM Northing |
3380968 |
| Subject Codes |
Lutheran denomination; churches; German immigrants/immigration |
| Marker Year |
1994 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
1.5 mi. W of Taylor on CR 404 |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
German immigrants began settling in the new railroad town of Taylor in the 1880s. Lutheran worship services were held as early as 1885, and the Rev. I. J. Glatzle and fourteen families formally organized this congregation in 1888. The Rev. Gus Szillat became the church's first resident pastor when a parsonage was built in 1892. A frame church building completed in 1894 was destroyed in a 1916 fire, but the congregation soon rebuilt. Worship services were conducted in the German language until the 1940s. The church remains a reflection of the town's ethnic heritage. |
