Calvary Episcopal Church

The parish was organized in 1869 by the first Episcopal Bishop of Texas, Alexander Gregg. The local Methodist church was used one Sunday each month for services. When the Rev. John Phillips, left his denomination to become the first Rector of Calvary, it caused dissension between the two congregations, and the Episcopal Church was denied further use of the building. Services were held in a building Colonel Higgins owned for a dozen years until the present church building was built. The first services were held in 1883. In 1997, the needs of the growing congregation led to expansion of the church.