First Presbyterian Church (Valdosta, Georgia)

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First Presbyterian Church
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Location313 N. Patterson St., Valdosta, Georgia
Coordinates 30°50′3″N83°16′10″W / 30.83417°N 83.26944°W / 30.83417; -83.26944
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1910
Built byShaw, M.E.
Architect Butt & Morris
Architectural style Classical Revival
NRHP reference No. 87001912 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 2, 1987

The First Presbyterian Church in Valdosta, Georgia is a historic Presbyterian church that was built in 1910. It is located at 313 N. Patterson Street.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987. [1]

It is the only Classical Revival-style church in Valdosta, and was designed by Atlanta architects James W. Butt (d. 1914) and Marshall F. Morris (d. 1921). The church's front facade, on Patterson Street, has a portico with six Corinthian columns, with dentils and modillions in its cornice and pediment, and decorative terra cotta in the tympanum. It also has two pedimented cross-gabled pavilions with dentils and modillions on its Magnolia Street facade. [2]

Butt & Norris also designed the Thomas P. Arnold House in Palmetto, Georgia, which also is NRHP-listed. [1]

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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. Catherine Wilson-Martin (July 6, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: First Presbyterian Church". National Park Service . Retrieved March 10, 2017. with eight photos from 1987