Church of the Good Shepherd (Lake Charles, Louisiana)

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Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd
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Location715 Kirkman Street,
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°13′50″N93°12′34″W / 30.23045°N 93.20948°W / 30.23045; -93.20948 Coordinates: 30°13′50″N93°12′34″W / 30.23045°N 93.20948°W / 30.23045; -93.20948
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1896
Architect Charles William Bulger
Architectural style Gothic Revival
Part of Lake Charles Historic District (ID90000434)
NRHP reference No. 83003607 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1983
Designated CPMarch 16, 1990

The Church of the Good Shepherd is an historic Episcopal church building located at 715 Kirkman Street in Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, United States. Designed by noted Dallas architect C.W. Bulger in the Gothic Revival style of architecture, it was built of stone in 1896. [2] [3]

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The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1983 [1] and was added as a contributing property to the Lake Charles Historic District at the time of its creation on March 16, 1990. [4]

Current use

The Church of the Good Shepherd is an active parish in the Episcopal Diocese of Western Louisiana. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. National Register Staff (October 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd". National Park Service. Retrieved April 20, 2018. With ten photos from 1983.
  3. "Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018. (with three photos and two maps Archived 2018-04-21 at the Wayback Machine )
  4. "Lake Charles Historic District" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 20, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  5. Episcopal Church Annual, 2004, Harrisburg: Morehouse Publishing, p. 408