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Historic American Buildings Survey, W. Eugene George, Jr., Photographer June, 1961 ELEVATION FROM SOUTHWEST. - Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Sixteenth Street and Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX
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Historic American Buildings Survey, W. Eugene George, Jr., Photographer June, 1961 ELEVATION FROM SOUTHWEST. - Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Sixteenth Street and Congress Avenue, Austin, Travis County, TX
Depicted place Texas; Travis County; Austin
Date Documentation compiled after 1933
Dimensions 5 x 7 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HABS TEX,227-AUST,7-3
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • Significance: Swedish immigrants to Texas were inaugurated by Swante Magnus Swenson when he arrived in the Republic of Texas during 1838. Inspiring other groups from his native Smaland. He caused the local Swedish communities to grow greatly in size. However, most of these immigrants were absorbed by church congregations other than their native Swedish church. Following a large wave of immigration from Jonkoping to Texas in 1867, it was decided to establish a Swedish congregation. On December 12, 1868, the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Gethsemane Church was duly organized - with Swante Palm as the first secretary. This was the first Swedish Lutheran Church in Texas...
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-59
  • Survey number: HABS TX-3137
  • Building/structure dates: 1868 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/tx0357.photos.156340p
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