First Presbyterian Church (Palestine, Texas)
First Presbyterian Church | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | |
First Presbyterian Church | |
Location | 410 Avenue A, Palestine, Texas |
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Coordinates | 31°45′45″N 95°37′44″W / 31.76250°N 95.62889°WCoordinates: 31°45′45″N 95°37′44″W / 31.76250°N 95.62889°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1887 | -1888
Architect | Dodson & Dudley, et al. |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
Website | First Presbyterian Church of Palestine |
MPS | Palestine, Texas MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 98000695[1] |
RTHL No. | 8751 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | June 11, 1998 |
Designated RTHL | 1966 |
First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church at 410 Avenue A in Palestine, Texas.
Its congregation was organized in 1849, a year after Palestine was founded. [2]
The Gothic Revival church building was built in 1887–88, and is the oldest church in Palestine continuously serving a congregation.[2]
The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.[1]
See also[]
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Anderson County, Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Anderson County
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b David Moore; Matt Goebel (March 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: First Presbyterian Church". National Archives. Retrieved April 22, 2018. Downloading may be slow.
External links[]
Media related to First Presbyterian Church at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Gothic Revival church buildings in Texas
- Churches completed in 1887
- 19th-century Presbyterian church buildings in the United States
- Churches in Anderson County, Texas
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
- Presbyterian churches in Texas
- Wesley Clark Dodson buildings
- National Register of Historic Places in Anderson County, Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks
- Texas Registered Historic Place stubs
- Texas church stubs