Christ Church Cathedral Chapel of the Christ Child–Houston

Located in the Jones Building

Cathedral address 1117 Texas Avenue in downtown Houston 

1839, first congregation established, when Texas was still an
independent republic

1893 date of original building

Architect Silas McBee

Architectural style: Late Gothic Revival

1938, a major fire

1949 Christ Church became the cathedral church for the Episcopal Diocese of Texas

On the U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Recorded as a Texas Historic Landmark