All Saints Episcopal Church

Duane's take

Here's how the official marker tells it, and here's how I'm passing it along to you. Episcopal worship was happening in Cameron as far back as 1860. That's before a whole lot of things.

But having services and having a church are two different animals, and it wasn't until 1901 that All Saints Episcopal Church was actually organized as a mission. Forty-one years of gathering together, and then finally, a proper home to build toward. In 1906, the Diocese of Texas purchased the property from A.

J. and Jennie Dossett. And then the building crew got to work. The structure was completed in 1907, and on November 3 of that year, Bishop George H.

Kinsolving came to consecrate it. Now, what they built is worth a good long look. It's a one-story wooden church, laid out in a T-plan, with a protruding central entry tower up front drawing your eye right where it belongs.

And if you find your way around to the back, there's a palladian window sitting over the altar, letting the light pour in just so. Cameron had been holding Episcopal services for nearly half a century before that window ever caught its first ray of light. Some things are worth the wait.

What the marker says

Episcopal worship services were held in Cameron as early as 1860, though All Saints Episcopal Church was not organized as a mission until 1901. The Diocese of Texas purchased this property from A. J. and Jennie Dossett in 1906. This structure was completed in 1907 and consecrated by Bishop George H. Kinsolving on November 3. The one-story wooden church is built in a T-plan and features a protruding central entry tower and a rear palladian window over the altar. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1987