| Serial Number |
NRS79-3571 |
| Property Name |
Cumberland Presbyterian Church |
| Property Address |
600 East Jefferson Street (is the >> cont . |
| Architect/Builder |
BUILDER: John Ligon |
| Owner |
Presbyterian Church |
| County |
Marion |
| City/Rural |
Jefferson |
| Block |
H |
| Lot |
1-8 |
| UTM Coordinates |
E 373570 N 3624900 |
| USGS Map |
3294-431 |
| Construction Date |
1872 |
| Period |
RP |
| Style |
Gothic Revival |
| Theme |
AAGO, REL |
| Description |
Brick Gothic Revival church with one-story on raised basement and four-story tower with clock and octagonal spire. 46' (three-bay front) by 75' (five-bays) gabled roof, two-aisle plan with recessed chancel, central projecting entrance tower; corbeled cornice and decorative brick detailing; tower has round-arched windows with architrave trim and brick sills - side windows separated by slightly projecting buttresses are double-arched with pointed arched archivolt trim. Above the nerthex doors is a leaded-glass transom with colored etched glass in diamond pattern. |
| Building Material: Wall |
Brick |
| Building Material: Roof |
Standing seam metal |
| Physical Condition |
Fair - Good |
| Site: Original |
Yes |
| Site: Moved |
No |
| Site: Date Moved |
|
| Alterations |
Unaltered |
| Significance |
Excellent example of Gothic Revival church in state of Texas. Very interesting brick detailing. English parish style Gothic church. |
| Area of Significance |
Architecture, Religion |
| Level of Significance |
Local, State |
| Designate |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, HABS, HSI |
| Original Use |
Church |
| Present Use |
Same |
| Relationship to Surroundings |
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| Acreage/Boundary Description: |
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| Bibliographic Data |
J.A. Mosely, The Presbyterian Church in Jefferson, TSHA, Austin, 1946. |
| See Info/Correspondence Files |
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| Recorded By |
8/80 BCN |
| Informant |
|
| Date |
5/7/69 |
| Photo Data |
1 B&W (5/7/69) print, 1 neg. #323609 |
| Continuation |
>>PROPADRSS>> street number 500?) |
