Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic School

The plaque notes that classes are no longer taught in Czech. The community's own press was longer-lived. The Handbook of Texas says Granger's Našinec, a Czech-language Catholic weekly for Texas, began in 1914 and was still being published in 1989. Its entry on Czechs adds that in 1993 this weekly and a monthly from West were the two periodicals still printed entirely in Czech, out of thirty-three Czech newspapers and periodicals the state has seen. Czech Catholics also formed their own Texas benefit societies, the KJT in 1888 and a women's counterpart in 1897.

What the plaque says

Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic School In 1899, eight years after the founding of Saints Cyril and Methodius Church, its Czech/Moravian parishioners established a school for their children. In 1901 the Sisters of Divine Providence began their long affiliation of providing teachers for the school. Educational facilities grew from a small frame schoolhouse to larger brick buildings as student enrollment increased over time. Although classes no longer are conducted in Czech and the students no longer are exclusively from the parish, SS. Cyril and Methodius School continues to reflect its early heritage in its commitment to a sound education for its students. (2001)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Williamson County Courthouse — 15 mi
  The fifth Williamson County courthouse, a Beaux Arts building by C. H. Page, rises over a Georgetown square of more than 50 Victorian-era buildings.
• Inner Space Cavern — 16 mi
  A Georgetown cave found in 1963 when highway engineers drilled test holes, holding Pleistocene fossils and 72-degree rooms that visitors reach by an artificial tunnel.
• The Round Rock — 20 mi
  A table-shaped stone in Brushy Creek gave Round Rock its name in 1854; the Chisholm Trail crossed the creek near it, and Old Town stayed behind when the railroad pulled the town east.

More markers nearby

• Granger Brethren Church — steps away
• Saints Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church — steps away
• Brick Streets in Granger — steps away
• Macedonia Cemetery — 2.9 mi