Bristow Presbyterian Church

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Bristow Presbyterian Church
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Bristow Presbyterian Church October 26, 2014
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Location6th and Elm Sts., Bristow, Oklahoma
Coordinates 35°49′57″N96°23′35″W / 35.83250°N 96.39306°W / 35.83250; -96.39306 Coordinates: 35°49′57″N96°23′35″W / 35.83250°N 96.39306°W / 35.83250; -96.39306
Arealess than one acre
Built1922
Built byThomas Murray, other
ArchitectCorland L. Butler
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 79001992 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 3, 1979

Bristow Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The church was organized on October 21, 1917. The church building was erected in 1922 and added to the National Historic Register in 1979. [1] The exterior walls are white marble from Carthage, Missouri, and interior walls are Bedford stone. [2] Featuring Tiffany stained glass windows and a beautiful organ, the Sanctuary has been described as a pocket cathedral. It is located at the corner of West 6th and Elm in Bristow, Oklahoma. [1]

The church was built on land donated by the Claude Freeland family, and had a membership of 98 in 2009. [2]

It is a notable Gothic Revival building. Much of the building was built by its pastor, Thomas Murray. [3]

The current minister is Rev. Rebecca Montgomery, who was raised in Chicago and educated at Princeton Theological Seminary. Before coming to Bristow, she spent a year in Greece as a missionary and three years in China, where she taught English and American culture at a university in Jiujiang. She returned to the United States in 2005, went back to Princeton, where she earned a Master of Divinity degree in 2008. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Sherman, Bill. "Minister brings ‘a lot of life’ to historic Bristow church." Tulsa World. July 3, 2009. Accessed March 17, 2019.
  3. Kent Ruth (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bristow Presbyterian Church". National Park Service . Retrieved June 2, 2017. With four photos from 1979.