St. Mary's Church of the Assumption
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
St. Mary's Church in 2008
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Location	FM 1295, Praha, Texas
Coordinates	29°40′11″N 97°4′0″W / 29.66972°N 97.06667°W / 29.66972; -97.06667
Area	less than one acre
Built	1895 (1895)
Architect	O. Kramer
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
MPS	Churches with Decorative Interior Painting TR
NRHP reference No.	83003138[1]
Added to NRHP	June 21, 1983

St. Mary's Church of the Assumption is a historic church on FM 1295 in Praha, Texas.

It was built in 1895 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[2] Gottfried Flury, a Swiss-born artist from Moulton, TX, painted much of the interior.^[3] Using a combination of stenciling, infill painting, and freehand techniques, Flury's trompe-l'œil designs mimic stone vaults and Gothic tracery reminiscent of central European models.^[4] The ornate polychrome interior of St. Mary's Church of the Assumption is typical of the so-called "Painted Churches of Texas" constructed by immigrants who settled in the region in the nineteenth century.

The church has a rectangular plan consisting of a five-bay nave with side aisles terminated by a polygonal apse.

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  South façade
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  Interior view looking toward apse
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  Interior
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  Interior painting, detail

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Fayette County, Texas

• Baker, T. Lindsay. Ghost Towns of Texas. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1991.
• Christensen, Carl J., and Pixie Christensen. Lone Star Steeples: Historic Places of Worship in Texas. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2016.
• Koenig, Jon Todd. Fayette County. Charleston, S.C.: Arcadia Pub, 2011.

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