Decker's Chapel played its role as a locally important facet of the religious and ethnic heritage of this European Roman Catholic derived community and for its position as the last remaining of the several wayside chapels which were built on private property around the community in the mid-nineteenth century.
The chapel is locally significant to the religious history of St. Marys, is directly associated with the broader pattern of ethnic heritage in the community, and is associated with traditional cultural values. The Period of Significance begins in 1856, the date of the Chapel's construction, and ends in 1948; throughout this entire 192-year span, the Chapel stood as a tangible reflection of the beliefs, values, and customs of the Bavarian Catholic St. Marys community.
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