National Register of Historic Places

First Christian Church

Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas
Listed
May 23, 2006
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
06000418

About this property

The First Christian Church in downtown Russellville, Arkansas, is a historic church at the intersection of South Boston Avenue and East Main Place. The original single-story building was designed by architect J. D. Price of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and constructed by local contractors J. P. Eaton and A. K. Bollinger in 1885-86 as a wood-frame building with a Carpenter Gothic cruciform sanctuary design. A 1925 expansion by builders J.C. and Warren Woodson, brothers, added 35 feet to the structure's rear, matching the building's original height and pitch of the roof. The project also added a front entrance portico, applied a brick veneer to the building’s exterior, installed stained-glass windows in the entry area and sanctuary to replace opaque, amber-colored panes used in the original construction, and modified the church’s interior. An education annex at the rear of the church was added in 1953–54. It was built for a congregation affiliated with the Disciples of Christ, which was founded in 1882. It was judged one of the most expensive wooden churches in the state when it was built. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

Location

103 S. Boston Ave.
Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas
35.27992, -93.13206

Categories

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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First Christian Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 23, 2006.

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The period of significance for First Christian Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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