Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Queen of Peace, Roman Catholic church in Sweet Home, Texas, United States
The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Queen of Peace is a Roman Catholic church on FM 340 in Sweet Home, Texas, built in 1918 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It is a Gothic Revival brick building with a truncated tower and lancet windows holding stained glass.
The church was built in 1918, the year it began serving the Roman Catholic community of Sweet Home. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, which recognised the building's place in the area's early 20th-century development.
The church is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the title Queen of Peace, and Mass is still celebrated in the building. Its pressed-metal ceilings carry cross motifs, and Corinthian columns separate the nave from the side aisles.
The church stands on FM 340 in Sweet Home, a rural community in Lavaca County, Texas. It is a country church reached by farm-to-market road, so visitors normally arrive by car; the coordinates 29.34222, -97.06889 place it on the road through Sweet Home. The building is a National Register property, listed in 1983.
The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983, thirty-five years after its 1918 construction. It stands on FM 340 in Sweet Home, a small community in Lavaca County, Texas.
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