Heritage Presbyterian Church

Duane's take

Here's how the official marker tells it, and I'll do my best to do it justice. Picture this: a little chapel, Gothic details and all, put together by German craftsmen out near the banks of Little Cypress Creek, eleven miles northwest of where we're standing right now. The year was 1916, and it was built to serve the congregation of St.

John Lutheran Church. Now, that is a sturdy, carefully built sanctuary, the kind of place where the craftsmanship speaks for itself in every arch and every line. But here's the thing about a congregation that's doing well.

It grows. And grow they did, until that chapel just couldn't hold them anymore. So the members of Windwood Presbyterian Church stepped in and purchased it.

And then came the part that still raises an eyebrow or two: they moved the whole building. Picked it up and carried it to Grant Road, eight miles northeast. A Gothic chapel, on the move across Harris County.

But the story doesn't stop there. Heritage Presbyterian Church came along and relocated it again, right here, in 1980. That little chapel, born on the banks of Little Cypress Creek, built by German craftsmen for one fellowship, purchased by a second, and carried across the county by a third, found its home at last.

Some buildings, it turns out, know how to travel.

What the marker says

Originally constructed near the banks of Little Cypress Creek (11 mi. NW) in 1916, this chapel served the congregation of St. John Lutheran Church. Designed with Gothic detailing, it was built by German craftsmen. When the fellowship grew too large for the sanctuary, it was purchased by the members of Windwood Presbyterian Church and moved to Grant Road (8 mi. NE). Heritage Presbyterian Church relocated it here in 1980. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1980