1891 - First Presbyterian Church - Paris, TX
N 33° 39.599 W 095° 33.615
15S E 262597 N 3727397
Built in 1891, the historic First Presbyterian Church is located at 410 W Kaufman St, Paris, TX. Services are on Sunday at 10:45 AM, and their sanctuary is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Waymark Code: WMR2MD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/03/2016
Views: 1
The church is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and a 1968 Texas Historical Marker provides some background on the church's history and its sanctuary:
Organized 1861 by the Rev. John Anderson. Odd Fellows Seminary and a downtown shop were sites of early worship. Congregation built first sanctuary in 1874.
Architects for this church (built 1891) were L.B. Volk and Son. Contractor: W.R. Eubanks. Romanesque style building is of Carthage stone; has stained glass windows from Belgium. The auditorium, cruciform in plan, has a wooden, ribbed vault of beaded boards.
Year of construction: 1891
Full inscription:
First
Presbyterian
Church
A.D. 1891.
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Organized
A.D. 1871.
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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