historic churches
Churches were monuments of order in the disorderly frontier landscape. Throughout the 19th century Feliciana settlers strained to build and support them.

 

  • Grace Episcopal

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    Grace Episcopal Church

    Grace Episcopal was established in 1827 when the newly ordained W.R. Bowman came to visit his sister Mary Stirling and found a waiting flock. The present church was completed in time for Easter Day 1860. Severely damaged in the Civil War by gunboats, it was not consecrated until 1891.

     

  • Methodist Church

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    United Methodist Church

    The present United Methodist Church on Royal Street replaced the flood-damaged church built in Bayou Sara in 1844. The original bell was retained and summons the faithful today.

  • Mount Carmel

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    Our Lady of Mount Carmel
    Catholic Church

    The church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel was built in 1893 from plans drawn by Confederate General P. T. Beauregard, and for the first time since the days of Spanish rule; Roman Catholic faithful would have a resident priest.