FM 1295, Praha, Texas. County/parish: Fayette.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 21, 1983. NRIS 83003138.
Part of Churches with Decorative Interior Painting TR (NRIS 64000835).
1 contributing building.
St. Mary's Church of the Assumption is a historic church on FM 1295 in Praha, Texas.
It was built in 1895 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. Gottfried Flury, a Swiss-born artist from Moulton, TX, painted much of the interior. Using a combination of stenciling, infill painting, and freehand techniques, Flury's trompe-l'œil designs mimic stone vaults and Gothic tracery reminiscent of central European models. The ornate polychrome interior of St. Mary's Church of the Assumption is typical of the so-called "Painted Churches of Texas" constructed by immigrants who settled in the region in the nineteenth century.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969150