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Annunciation Church (Houston)

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Built
  
1869

RTHL #
  
10596

Area
  
2,000 m²

Architectural style
  
Romanesque architecture

Added to NRHP
  
3 November 1975

NRHP Reference #
  
75001988

Designated RTHL
  
1969

Opened
  
1869

Phone
  
+1 713-222-2289

Annunciation Church (Houston)

Location
  
1618 Texas Ave., Houston, Texas

Address
  
1618 Texas Ave, Houston, TX 77003, USA

Similar
  
Co‑Cathedral of the Sacred H, Annunciation Greek Orthodox, Our Mother of Mercy Catholic, All Saints Catholic Church, Antioch Missionary Baptist C

Profiles

The Annunciation Church is a Catholic church located at the corner of Texas and Crawford in downtown Houston, Texas.

Annunciation Church sprung from the congregation at St. Vincent's, Houston's first Catholic church. In 1866, Father Joseph Querat and Galveston Bishop Claude M. Debuis believed the congregation was outgrowing the old building and started planning for a new one. The congregation chose the name for the planned building, "Church of the Annunciation." Nicholas Clayton designed the building that was dedicated on September 10, 1871. The bell tower was added later in 1871 and the twin towers were added in 1884.

The property is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The church remains Houston's oldest existing church and, as such, the property was eventually faced with a foundation problem. A large void had developed underneath the church’s southwest corner and, symptomatically, the foundation subsided. Through a polymer injection process work at Annunciation Catholic Church was completed in two days with minimal disruption to mass and parishioners.

References

Annunciation Church (Houston) Wikipedia