San Salvador Mission Church

9203 CR 286, Caldwell, TX, USA

Texas, USA

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EST. 1908

1894

HISTORIC PEOPLE WHO WERE HERE

0 HISTORIC PRESERVATION at San Salvador Mission Church.

The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.

About San Salvador Mission Church

Italian immigrants from Cefalù, Sicily, who settled near Caldwell beginning in 1894, held religious services in homes until building San Salvador Church in 1908, funding it through cotton donated from their fields. The first Mass was said there in October 1908. The building was remodeled in 1952, and a new altar was added in 1965.

HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at San Salvador Mission Church

San Salvador, a mission of St. Anthony's Catholic Church, Bryan, was named for the patron saint of Cefalu, Sicily, the native village of Italian immigrants who came here in 1894. Religious services were held in homes until 1908, when devout families each gave cotton from ten field rows to buy materials, and the men worked six weeks to build this church. First Mass was said at its Altar in Oct. 1908. In 1952 the building was remodeled, and a new Altar was added in 1965. Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5051008652