A few exterior walls are all that is left of St. Paul’s AME Church after a storm ravaged the building in 2019. The newly formed Lampasas Cornerstone Conservancy hopes to rescue this century-old structure as well as two other endangered structures and the site of the Moses Hughes Mill. JOYCESARAH MCCABE | DISPATCH RECORD
Samantha Hunick, representing Preservation Texas, is accompanied by Boyce Cabiness (left) and Eddie Bowden as they walk towards New Hope Baptist Church. The church is just one of the four landmarks the newly formed Lampasas Cornerstone Conservancy hopes to preserve. JOYCESARAH MCCABE | DISPATCH RECORD
JOYCESARAH MCCABE | DISPATCH RECORD Eddie Bowden, Boyce Cabiness (center) and Samantha Hunick, from Preservation Texas, survey and discuss the condition of the Colored School. The school sits beside New Hope Baptist Church and in front of the remains of the Moses Hughes Mill on Sulphur Creek.
The stone building tucked beside the Fourth Street bridge is more than crumbling walls and piles of rubble. It is a place that holds memories, and it is a place that matters.
The more than 100-year-old structure was first named St. Christopher’s Catholic Church. It was built for “Spanish-speaking Catholics,” according to Volume One of “Lampasas County Texas, Its History and People.”
