San Agustin Cathedral, 201 San Agustin, 1872

This church began as a hut on the corner of Zaragoza and San Agustin in the days of Laredo’s founding in 1755; its 2^nd construction in 1789 was a small stone church (see the brick outline in front of the church); the 3^rd is present structure. The clock was struck by lightning twice in its history.

Founded by a Catholic population, tradition required that the deceased be buried on holy ground, that which we are walking on. Many bodies of Laredo’s earliest settlers remain buried where we stand today. Amongst the dead, Laredo’s very own founder, Tomas Sanchez, is believed to be buried beneath the San Agustin Parochial School. A 1998 archaeological dig crew found the remains of a 6 ft. tall man in an underground sandstone crypt near the corner of Grant and San Agustin.

This church began as a hut on the corner of Zaragoza and San Agustin in the days of Laredo’s founding in 1755; its 2^nd construction in 1789 was a small stone church (see the brick outline in front of the church); the 3^rd is present structure. The clock was struck by lightning twice in its history.

Founded by a Catholic population, tradition required that the deceased be buried on holy ground, that which we are walking on. Many bodies of Laredo’s earliest settlers remain buried where we stand today. Amongst the dead, Laredo’s very own founder, Tomas Sanchez, is believed to be buried beneath the San Agustin Parochial School. A 1998 archaeological dig crew found the remains of a 6 ft. tall man in an underground sandstone crypt near the corner of Grant and San Agustin.