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The Church of St. Clement |
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El Paso,
TX,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
31° 45' 56.022696",
-106° 29' 17.09988"
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Texas State
Historical Marker |
In 1870 the Reverend Joseph Wilkin Tays was sent to Franklin, now El Paso, to organize, and become the pioneer priest, of the Episcopal Church of St. Clement, which was the first church in El Paso, and the first non-Roman church between Brownsville, Texas and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Services were first held in an adobe building on North Oregon Street rented by Judge Gaylord Judd Clarke, founder of the church. In 1881 Parson Tays directed the erection of the first church building on this present site. In 1871 a copper bell cast in Paso Del Norte, now Juarez, was placed in the churchyard, and rang for services, and called children to the first school in El Paso conducted by Mr. Tays. In 1907 the present church on the corner of Campbell and Montana streets, was built under the leadership of the Reverend Henry Easter. The old bell may be seen in this building as a reminder of the days of the little watch tower on the Rio Grande. Presented by the State National Bank of El Paso, October 1964
This page last updated: 7/15/2008 |
The Church of St. Clement Historical Marker Location Map, El Paso, Texas
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