| Serial Number |
NRS79-3582 |
| Property Name |
Christ Episcopal Church |
| Property Address |
Northwest corner of Main and Taylor Streets |
| Architect/Builder |
ARC.: attributed >> cont . |
| Owner |
Episcopal Church |
| County |
Marion |
| City/Rural |
Jefferson |
| Block |
E |
| Lot |
1-6 |
| UTM Coordinates |
E 373500 N 3624780 |
| USGS Map |
3294-431 |
| Construction Date |
1868-69 |
| Period |
RP |
| Style |
Victorian Gothic |
| Theme |
AAGO, REL |
| Description |
Small brick, one-story Gothic Revival church with an interesting interior truss system. Steeply-pitched gable roof which end in pedimented projecting bay on facade with double-arched entrance door with archivolt (stone) trim. Small brick and stone buttresses divide the church into four bays (one-bay front), each of which contains a lancet window. Buttresses also flank main entrance and there are two smaller lancet windows on each side of this projecting bay. All windows and openings are accentuated with pointed-arch surrounds of stone. Rectangular with modern brick ell; two-aisled nave and chancel. |
| Building Material: Wall |
Brick |
| Building Material: Roof |
|
| Physical Condition |
Fair |
| Site: Original |
Yes |
| Site: Moved |
No |
| Site: Date Moved |
|
| Alterations |
All window and door openings altered; >> cont . |
| Significance |
Good example of Gothic Revival church in Texas. |
| 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 |
|
| Acreage/Boundary Description: |
|
| Bibliographic Data |
|
| See Info/Correspondence Files |
|
| Recorded By |
BCN 8/80 |
| Informant |
|
| Date |
5/7/69 |
| Photo Data |
1 B&W (5/7/69) print, 1 neg. #323610 |
| Continuation |
>>ARCH_BUILD>> to E.G. Benners
>>ALTERATION>> foyer is recent addition. Exterior brickwork has been extensively repaired and rebuilt. Original frame building sheathed with brick after storm damage in 1898 - early steeple removed. |
