St. Martin's Episcopal Church
The Garden of the Holy Cross-Riverway
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Visitors also can read about:
The Cloister Garden
The Pipe Organ and the
Stained Glass Windows
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Since 1977, the Wayside Chapel (below)
and the surrounding grounds have offered a place of worship and quiet beauty to
the members of St. Martin’s and the community. The Chapel grounds now serve as the
home of the Garden of the Holy Cross-Riverway, an expansion of our existing Garden
of the Holy Cross.
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At left: The Garden of the Holy
Cross, near Founders' Hall
Below: The Garden of the Holy
Cross-Riverway, on the grounds of the Wayside Chapel
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The Garden of the Holy Cross — Riverway
contains 1,197 niches, one-half on the east side and one-half on the west side of
the grounds, having a north-south orientation. The niches are accessed via a walkway
of brick pavers between garden walls, enhanced by benches, trees, flowers and other
landscaping.
Each niche is capped with a block
of solid granite from the quarry in Marble Falls, Texas. This is the same granite
from which the Great Cross and the State Capitol Building in Austin are made.
At left: The Wayside Chapel
Below: The Great Cross
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Applications to acquire niches in
the Garden of the Holy Cross-Riverway are available in the Church office.
The packet contains pricing information
and a site plan showing the location and the numbering system of the individual
niches. Members owning niches in the existing columbarium will be given the opportunity
to complete an application to relocate to the new columbarium by the payment of
an additional fee.
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If you would like to purchase a niche
in the original Garden of the Holy Cross or the new Garden of the Holy Cross-Riverway,
please contact
Cyndy Ensign at 713/985-3808
for assistance.
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