All Saints' Episcopal Church

George Herbert Kinsolving came to Texas from big-city pulpits. Born in Bedford County, Virginia, he studied at the University of Virginia, graduated from the Episcopal seminary at Alexandria in 1874, and served churches in Baltimore, Cincinnati and Philadelphia, where he was rector of the Church of the Epiphany from 1881 to 1892. Elected assistant bishop of Texas in May 1892, he became bishop when Alexander Gregg died in July 1893. In 1902 he gave the Reinicker lectures, published as The Church Burden, and in 1923 he took charge of the American Episcopal churches in Europe.

What the plaque says

All Saints' Episcopal Church This edifice stands on the mid-1840s land grant of former Republic of Texas President Mirabeau B. Lamar, and near the official residence of the second Bishop of the Diocese of Texas, the Rt. Rev. George Herbert Kinsolving (1849-1928). Aided by the Bishop and his wife Grace, the Diocese of Texas bought this land as site for a residence for women students of the University of Texas. Built in 1897, that structure called "Grace Hall" was in use for nearly 70 years. All Saints', erected in 1899 as a chapel for Grace Hall, was dedicated to the memory of the Rt. Rev. Alexander Gregg (1819-93), first Episcopal Bishop of Texas. Austin architect A.O. Watson designed the Gothic Revival structure of native limestone. Its stained glass windows of Medieval Mosaic style are recognized as fine examples of American art. By 1910, All Saints' had become a parish in the growing university neighborhood. In time, three of its Rectors became Bishops. The crozier of office of Bishop Kinsolving stood in the chancel for 35 years. He was revered as the founder, benefactor, and lifelong friend of the parish. As he had wished, his body was buried beneath the altar in 1939. (1975)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Harry Ransom Center — 0.5 mi
  The University of Texas archive where a Gutenberg Bible and the earliest surviving camera photograph are always on view, free, beside the papers of Watergate and the movies.
• LBJ Presidential Library — 0.8 mi
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• Bullock Texas State History Museum — 0.8 mi
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• Texas State Capitol — 1.2 mi
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More markers nearby

• Rebecca Kilgore Stuart Red — steps away
• Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary Campus — steps away
• Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary — steps away
• Dr. Robert Lee "R.L" Moore — 0.4 mi