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State Chapters => Texas => Topic started by: Sanguine on August 15, 2019, 06:51:53 pm
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A historic 124-year-old Roman Catholic church in a rural Texas farming town that serves 244 families burned to the ground on Monday.
Agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with the State Fire Marshal’s Office continued to sift through the rubble and investigate what sparked the fire at the Church of the Visitation in Westphalia. Investigators said there were no injuries.
Insurance adjusters estimated that the damages to the building, said to have been the largest all-wood church in the state, could reach $4 million, KWTX reported. The church was built in 1895 and included some 20 stained-glass windows that had been imported from Germany....
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-catholic-church-burns-to-ground (https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-catholic-church-burns-to-ground)
I'm a little late in posting this. I drove through Westphalia last week, and there is nothing left of the church. It is completely gone. They're tough out there, and I imagine they will rebuild.
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Not a Spanish Mission by any means!. Sad for the loss.
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I'm a little late in posting this. I drove through Westphalia last week, and there is nothing left of the church. It is completely gone. They're tough out there, and I imagine they will rebuild.
Is this one of the famed 'painted churches'?
I hope some of the old stained glass came through the fire.
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Is this one of the famed 'painted churches'?
I hope some of the old stained glass came through the fire.
I don't think this was one of the painted churches. I never went in it while it was standing. My bad.