Greenwood Presbyterian Church

Last updated
Greenwood Presbyterian Church
Greenwood Presbyterian Church.JPG
USA Arkansas location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location in Arkansas
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location in United States
Location103 W. Denver St., Greenwood, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°13′3″N94°15′30″W / 35.21750°N 94.25833°W / 35.21750; -94.25833 Coordinates: 35°13′3″N94°15′30″W / 35.21750°N 94.25833°W / 35.21750; -94.25833
Arealess than one acre
Built1922
ArchitectJohnson, Merle
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No. 08000955 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 1, 2008

Greenwood Presbyterian Church, now known as the Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church, is a historic church at 103 W. Denver Street in Greenwood, Arkansas. The congregation was organized in 1853, and this vernacular Gothic Revival building was built in 1922 as its second sanctuary. It has a roughly rectangular shape, with stuccoed walls and a hip roof that is pierced on each side by a large clapboarded gable. [2] Adjacent to the building is a free-standing open belltower, which features a Christian fish element in its upper portion. It is topped by a small gabled roof with a pointed spire at the center.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. [1]

See also

Related Research Articles

First Presbyterian Church (Batavia, New York) Historic church in New York, United States

The First Presbyterian Church in Batavia, New York, United States, is located at East Main and Liberty streets. It is a joined complex of several buildings. The main one, the church's sanctuary, is a limestone Gothic Revival structure built in the mid-19th century. Its congregation was the first church to be organized in Batavia, albeit as a Congregationalist group at that time.

Peekskill Presbyterian Church Historic church in New York, United States

The Peekskill Presbyterian Church is a historic Greek Revival-style church located in Peekskill, New York, United States. It was built in 1846 and was twice the size of the original sanctuary which the congregation, dating to 1799 but formally incorporated in 1826, had outgrown.

First Presbyterian Church of Tuscarora Historic church in New York, United States

First Presbyterian Church of Tuscarora is a historic Presbyterian church located at Tuscarora in Livingston County, New York. It was built about 1844 and is a three- by five-bay Greek Revival style frame building. The gable roof is surmounted by a short, two stage tower topped by a pyramidal roof with a slight concave curve with a cross at its apex. The interior features an elaborate Eastlake style three tier oil chandelier suspended in the center of the sanctuary over the main aisle. It is last surviving public building from the hamlet's brief early to mid-19th century commercial prosperity related to its location on the Genesee Valley Canal.

Grosse Pointe Memorial Church Historic church in Michigan, United States

The Grosse Pointe Memorial Church (GPMC) is a church located at 16 Lake Shore Drive in Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA. it is a member of the Presbyterian Church, USA (PCUSA). It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1990 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.

Old First Presbyterian Church (Newark, Delaware) Historic church in Delaware, United States

Old First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located at Newark in New Castle County, Delaware. It was begun in 1868, dedicated in 1872, and is one story rectangular stone structure with a two bay facade and a tower. The tower features a steep gable roof with flared eaves and a louvered belfry. Architects Dixon and Davis of Baltimore designed this stone building in the Gothic Revival style. The Wilmington Daily Commercial publicized its construction, describing blue granite and brownstone mined from Chestnut Hill, a steeple soaring 100 feet high and twenty-foot interior ceilings. A large, pointed-arch, stained-glass window dominates the north wall facing Main Street. Narrow, pointed-arch windows with pastel, diamond-shaped panes line the east and west walls between exterior stone buttresses. The slate roof has alternating rows of square and scalloped shingles. In 1967, the building was sold by the First Presbyterian Church to the University of Delaware. The University of Delaware renamed it after J. Fenton Daugherty, professor of physics from 1929 to 1945 and dean of men from 1945 to 1951. Several generations of students knew it as "The Abbey," a cafeteria-style dining facility. In 1995, as part of the new student center project, the University restored the sanctuary and reopened it as a "quiet" study lounge adjoining Trabant University Center.

Vernal Presbyterian Church Historic church in Mississippi, United States

Vernal Presbyterian Church is a historic church near Lucedale, Mississippi in the unincorporated community of Vernal.

First Presbyterian Church (Portland, Oregon) Historic church in Portland, Oregon, U.S.

The First Presbyterian Church is a church building located in downtown Portland, Oregon, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Construction began in 1886 and was completed in 1890. The building has been called "one of the finest examples" of High Victorian Gothic architecture in the state of Oregon. It includes stained-glass windows made by Portland's Povey Brothers Art Glass Works and a church bell cast with bronze from captured Civil War cannons.

First Presbyterian Church (Hot Springs, Arkansas) Historic church in Arkansas, United States

The First Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 213 Whittington Avenue in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It is a large stone building, designed by Charles L. Thompson in Late Gothic Revival style and built in 1907. It has a square tower with pronounced buttressing at the corners set on the right side of its front facade, and a lower tower at the left side, with a gabled entry section at the center. The entrance is set in a broad lancet-arched opening, and is topped in the gable by a three-part stained glass window. The main sanctuary space is set perpendicular to the main facade, with a large stained glass window set in a recessed round-arch panel at the end. An entrance into the tunnels underneath hot springs is also located here.

First Presbyterian Church (Coldwater, Michigan) Historic church in Michigan, United States

First Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 52 Marshall Street in Coldwater, Michigan. Built 1866–1869, it is a Michigan State Historic Site (MSHS) and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

First United Methodist Church (Hamburg, Arkansas) Historic church in Arkansas, United States

The First United Methodist Church is a historic church building at 204 S. Main in Hamburg, Arkansas. The brick Gothic Revival building was built in 1910 for Hamburg's first organized congregation, founded in 1850, which had previously met in a wood-frame building on the same site. It was designed by the Nolley Brothers, who owned a local brickyard, and was based on Gothic Revival designs that one of them had observed at the St. Louis World's Fair.

First Presbyterian Church (Fordyce, Arkansas) Historic church in Arkansas, United States

The First Presbyterian Church is a historic church on AR 79B in Fordyce, Arkansas. The congregation was organized in 1883, and was the first in the city of Fordyce. This building is its third sanctuary, built in 1912 to a design by Tennessee architect Reuben Harrison Hunt. It is a modest example of Gothic Revival styling executed in buff brick, with three towers.

First Presbyterian Church (Clarksville, Arkansas) Historic church in Arkansas, United States

The First Presbyterian Church is a historic church building at 212 College Avenue in Clarksville, Arkansas. It is a two-story steel-framed structure, finished in brick. It is rectangular, with a central sanctuary flanked on the sides by office and meeting spaces. At the center of its roof is a dome, which is obscured by gabled parapets on the street-facing facades. The church was designed by Rogers based architect A.O. Clarke, and was completed in 1922 for a congregation founded in 1840. It is the finest example of Classical Revival architecture in Johnson County.

Harmony Presbyterian Church Historic church in Arkansas, United States

Harmony Presbyterian Church is a historic church on the north side of Highway 103, approximately 8 miles (13 km) north of Clarksville in Harmony, Arkansas. It is a two-story masonry structure with a stone cut basement, built out of cut stone blocks and covered by a hip roof. A wood-frame square tower rises above the main entrance, topped by a flared pyramidal roof. The main entrance and windows are set in pointed-arch openings, giving the building a Gothic flavor. It was built in 1915-17 for a congregation organized in 1844.

Holly Grove Presbyterian Church Historic church in Arkansas, United States

Holly Grove Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 244 East 2nd Street in Holly Grove, Arkansas. It is a single-story wood-frame building, with a gable-roofed rectangular sanctuary, a square tower off to one side, and a Sunday School addition to the rear. The exterior, originally clad in board-and-batten siding, is now finished in metal siding that closely resembles a c. 1900 residing. It exhibits a combination of Greek Revival and Gothic Revival features. It was built in 1881 for a congregation established in 1839, and was its second sanctuary, replacing one destroyed by fire in 1871.

First Baptist Church (Marvell, Arkansas) Historic church in Arkansas, United States

The First Baptist Church is a historic church at the junction of Pine and Carruth Streets in Marvell, Arkansas. It is a large brick masonry structure, with vernacular Collegiate Gothic features. Its main sanctuary and vestibule area occupy the full width and height of the building, while at the northern end there are two stories of offices. The building has a flat roof set behind a brick parapet. Its main facade is divided into three sections, with the main entrance in the western tower-like section. The central bay has a large wood-frame Gothic window, while the flanking bays both have Gothic-arched windows at the second level. The congregation was founded in 1877, and this is its second building. It is the only Collegiate Gothic building in Marvell.

First Presbyterian Church (Des Arc, Arkansas) Historic church in Arkansas, United States

The First Presbyterian Church is a historic church in Des Arc, Arkansas, USA. It is a single story brick building, built in 1913 in a vernacular interpretation of the Colonial Revival style. Its front facade has a neoclassical gabled portico with four supporting columns and entablature, and it has a two-stage belfry set atop its flat roof, with a bell-shaped copper roof. The congregation was founded in the 1840s; this is its third building.

United Presbyterian Church of Canehill Historic church in Arkansas, United States

The United Presbyterian Church of Canehill is a historic church on Main Street in Canehill, Arkansas. Built in 1891, it is the only surviving church building in the small community. It is a brick structure with a cruciform plan with steeply-pitched gable roofs, large Gothic-arched stained glass windows, and a tower with an octagonal belfry topped by a shingled steeple. Canehill was originally settled in 1828 by a Presbyterian group, and eventually supported three separate Presbyterian congregations over the course of the 19th century. These congregations were reunited into this building in 1905.

Cumberland Presbyterian Church (Searcy, Arkansas) Historic church in Arkansas, United States

The Cumberland Presbyterian Church is a historic church at the junction of Race and Spring Streets in Searcy, Arkansas. It is a single-story buff brick Romanesque Revival structure, with a cross-gable roof configuration and a square tower at the right front corner. The tower houses the main entrance in a pointed-arch recess, and has a louvered belfry at the second level below the pyramidal roof. The church was built in 1903 for a congregation organized in 1824, and is a fine example of Romanesque and Classical Revival architecture.

Berry House (Dardanelle, Arkansas) Historic church in Arkansas, United States

The Berry House was a historic building in Dardanelle, Arkansas. It was originally built in 1872 as the First Presbyterian Church. About 1912, it was converted to a private residence, and the congregation moved into its current location.

Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Paris, Arkansas) Historic church in Arkansas, United States

The First United Methodist Church, originally the Methodist Episcopal Church, South is a historic church building at 205 North Elm Street in Paris, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building with Late Gothic Revival styling, built between 1917 and 1928 for a congregation founded in the early 1870s. It is the congregation's fourth sanctuary, its first three having succumbed to fire. It has a gabled roof with corner sections and a tower topped by crenellated parapets.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Greenwood Presbyterian Church". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-04-03.