First Christian Church (Fort Worth, Texas)

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First Christian Church
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First Christian Church
Location612 Throckmorton St.,
Fort Worth, Texas
Coordinates 32°45′09″N97°19′55″W / 32.75250°N 97.33194°W / 32.75250; -97.33194
Arealess than one acre
Built1915 (1915)
ArchitectVan Slyke & Woodruff
Architectural style Beaux Arts, Renaissance
Website First Christian Church
NRHP reference No. 83003812 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 6, 1983

First Christian Church is a historic church at 612 Throckmorton Street in Fort Worth, Texas. It was founded in 1855, making it the oldest continuously operating church established in Fort Worth, Texas. The present building at 6th and Throckmorton dates back to 1915. It was designed by architects E.W. Van Slyke and Clyde Woodruff in a Renaissance Revival style. The raised two-story limestone building has a Greek Cross plan with a tower and copper-clad dome at the crossing and three porticos with Corinthian columns. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 [2] and received the Fort Worth Historical and Cultural Landmarks Designation in 2006.

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  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "First Christian Church". Texas Historical Commission. Retrieved November 17, 2015.