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Stella Maris Chapel |
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7 mi. N on SH 35 to Goose Island State Park, then follow P13 east, then NE to Lamar Cemetery, Lamar,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
28° 8' 34.2996",
-96° 59' 19.0968"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
Irish immigrant James W. Byrne (1787-1865), a veteran of the Texas Revolution, was an early settler of this area. He established the town of Lamar and, with his wife Harriet, sold land on Aransas Bay to the Catholic church for a chapel site. Byrne engaged a French architect to design the structure, which was completed in 1858. Called Stella Maris (Star of the Sea) Chapel, it was built of shellcrete, a shell-aggregate masonry. An important link with the area's early Roman Catholic heritage, the chapel was moved to this site in 1986. (1986)
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
Stella Maris Chapel Historical Marker Location Map, Lamar, Texas
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