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On June 21, 1983, fifteen Texas churches built between 1859 and 1930 were listed together in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) under the designation “Churches in Texas with Decorative Interior Painting.” Today they’re known colloquially and collectively as the “painted churches” because their ceilings, walls, and other interior features were treated as blank canvases on which decorative painters added cultural, religious, and purely aesthetic ornamentation. The works found within these churches are rare artistic expressions of faith and heritage.  The majority of the painted churches are Catholic and stand clustered in south Central Texas between Houston and San Antonio, especially where Bohemians, Moravians, Germans, and other Europeans began settling in large numbers during the 1850s. Others are located further away—as far north as…

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