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George
Bush
Drive,
College
Sta7on,
Texas
77840
Saint
Thomas
Episcopal
Church
Campus
Architect
and
Texas
A&M
educator
Ernest
Langford
used
an
English
Country
Church
style
for
the
Chapel
that
was
dedicated
by
Bishop
Quin
in
September
1938.
Architect
Eva
Read-‐Warden
of
the
Arkitex
Studio
in
Bryan
led
a
major
restora7on
in
2013.
Saint
Thomas
Chapel
The
Bell
Tower
The
1994
Church
1920
The
first
Episcopal
services
for
cadets
at
the
A&M
College
of
Texas
were
held
in
the
YMCA
building
on
the
campus,
led
by
the
clergy
of
Saint
Andrew’s
Church
in
Bryan.
1937
1994
The
250-‐seat
church
built
in
1994
is
approached
through
a
common
entrance
space
on
the
site
of
the
original
Rectory,
that
also
accesses
the
1938
Chapel.
The
church
has
a
center
aisle
with
sea7ng
closely
related
to
the
chancel
plaYorm,
and
is
lit
by
large
etched
glass
windows.
The
date
stone
was
carved
in
the
stone
yard
of
the
Na7onal
Cathedral
in
Washington,
DC.
1964
Saint
Thomas
Early
Learning
Center
was
established
as
a
model
Chris7an-‐based
school
for
pre-‐school
through
kindergarten
children.
The
ELC
uses
two
classroom
buildings
and
a
house
built
in
1940
by
Professor
Silvey.
The
playground
and
Nick’s
Meadow
are
integral
parts
of
the
learning
programs.
1974
The
Canterbury
House,
the
Episcopal
Student
Center,
was
built
by
the
Diocese
of
Texas
to
support
the
growing
student
body
at
Texas
A&M
University.
The
building
houses
Saint
Jude’s
Chapel,
mee7ng
spaces,
and
offices
for
the
missioner.
The
date
stone
is
from
the
13th
century
cloisters
at
Canterbury
Cathedral,
England,
the
mother
church
of
the
Anglican
Communion.
The
tower
design
was
part
of
the
Arkitex
Studio
work
for
the
75th
anniversary
of
the
establishment
of
Saint
Thomas
mission.
The
600-‐pound
bronze
bell
was
cast
by
Mears
and
Stainback
in
London
in
1907.
The
church
was
designed
by
Architect
Char7er
Newton
of
Aus7n,
a
former
student
of
Ernest
Langford.
Newton
also
designed
the
Ministry
Center,
Parish
Hall,
and
classroom
buildings.
The
Visser-‐Roland
organ
with
nine
stops
and
550
pipes
supports
an
ac7ve
music
ministry
for
the
church
and
the
community.
You are!
here!
Newton
Road
Ab
e
r
d
e
e
n
P
l
a
c
e
Ge
o
r
g
e
B
u
s
h
D
r
i
v
e
Playground
Narthex
Ministry
Center
Oxley
Classrooms
Woodcock
Classrooms
Silvey
House
Bell
Tower
Gathering
Tree
Nick’s
Meadow
Canterbury
House
Church
1938
Chapel
Parish
Hall
Early
Learning
Center
Parish
Offices
1957
Saint
Thomas
granted
parish
status
in
the
Diocese
of
Texas
acer
twenty
years
as
a
mission.
2002
The
two-‐story
Ministry
Center
houses
all
the
clergy
and
parish
offices,
a
Community
Room,
Youth
Room,
Library,
classrooms,
and
support
facili7es
for
the
Parish
Hall.
The
ceramic
date
stone
was
made
by
a
member
of
the
parish.
Garden
Accessible
Route!
ELC
Office
Courtyard
Office
Saint
Thomas
Parish
(979)
696-‐1726
sfhomasbcs.org
Early
Learning
Center
(979)
696-‐1728
sfhomaselc.org
Student
Center
@episcoags
episcoags.org
Photographs
created
by
Charles
Davis
Smith,
AIA
08/2014
Parking
The
Episcopal
Diocese
of
Texas
established
a
formal
mission
to
the
College
on
the
south
side
of
campus,
across
from
the
newly-‐constructed
Corps
dormitories.
The
100-‐seat
Chapel
was
completed
in
1938.
At
that
7me
A&M
had
2,500
men
in
afendance.
The
Chapel
was
restored
in
2013
in
celebra7on
of
its
75th
anniversary.
Hillel
Parking
Parking