First Presbyterian Church (San Angelo, Texas)

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First Presbyterian Church
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First Presbyterian Church (San Angelo, Texas)
Location San Angelo, Texas
Coordinates 31°27′51″N100°26′30″W / 31.46417°N 100.44167°W / 31.46417; -100.44167 Coordinates: 31°27′51″N100°26′30″W / 31.46417°N 100.44167°W / 31.46417; -100.44167
Architectural style Eclectic
MPS San Angelo MRA
NRHP reference No. 88002604
RTHL No. 88002604
Significant dates
Added to NRHP25 November 1988
Designated RTHL25 November 1988

First Presbyterian is a historic Presbyterian church in San Angelo, Texas. It was built in 1906 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, part of the San Angelo Multiple Resources Area. The building is also a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.

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History

The First Presbyterian Church of San Angelo was organized in a meeting chaired by Presbyterian missionary J.H. Zivley on 1 February 1885. [1] [2] The congregation's first years were fruitful; in 1887, it purchased three lots on Irving Street for $500 (equivalent to $14,402in 2020). On that site, they commissioned local architect Oscar Ruffini to build a church for $1,100 (equivalent to $31,684in 2020). [1]

A sanctuary and school were commissioned in 1906 from the L.B. Valk Architectural Company. [3] The work was completed in 1908 at a cost of $40,000 (equivalent to $1,152,148in 2020). [1] The tower was reduced in height from 1925 to 1956. [4]

Preservation

The church was nominated for the National Register of Historic Places by the state of Texas on 4 October 1988. The nomination was accepted on 25 November 1988, and First Presbyterian was made the 14th property in the San Angelo Multiple Resources Area. [5]

Architecture

First Presbyterian stands at 32 North Irving Street in downtown San Angelo, across the street from City Hall. [4]

The church is built of brick, with stone ornament, in an Eclectic style. The plan is cruciform, with a tower at the west end, beside the entrance. That entrance is elevated above the sidewalk by a set of stairs. The façade is formed by three round arches for the entryway, each separated by brick pilasters. These pilasters rise all the way to the top of the parapet gable and end with a finial. Above each doorway is a window, the middle of which is a rose window rising from a stone pediment above the central doorway. The tower has three stories and ends with a Romanesque-style corbel table and a four-sided pyramidal roof. [4] As originally planned and constructed, the tower was topped with a steeple. [1]

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 McDaniel, Matthew (16 February 2019). "First Presbyterian Church marks 134 years in San Angelo". San Angelo Standard-Times . Archived from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  2. "John Henry Zivley". Texas Archival Resources Online. University of Texas at Austin . Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  3. "100 Years". First Presbyterian Church of San Angelo. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 3 National Park Service 1988, p. 1.
  5. National Park Service 1988, pp. 3–4.

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