Old School Presbyterian Church
National Register of Historic Places

Old School Presbyterian Church

Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
Listed
September 22, 2009
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
09000740

About this property

The Van Buren Women's Literary Club is one of the oldest surviving literary societies of its type in the nation, founded in 1896 to improve the education of its members by providing access to books. The society is located at 421 Webster Street in Van Buren, Arkansas, in a historic Presbyterian church building built in 1903 on the foundations of the 1844 Old School Presbyterian Church. The building is a vernacular brick building with Late Gothic Revival features, supposedly designed by Reverend Finney, the pastor of the local Baptist church. The building was used as a church until 1919, when the Old School Church merged with other Presbyterian congregations. After serving briefly as the meeting house for a chapter of the Loyal Order of Moose, a fraternal organization, it was acquired by the Literary Club in 1921, and served as Van Buren's library until the 1970s. Although Van Buren now has a separate public library, the society maintains a small library on the premises. The society's building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

Location

421 Webster St.
Van Buren, Crawford County, Arkansas
35.43642, -94.35449

Categories

EDUCATIONSOCIAL HISTORY
Sources

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

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When was Old School Presbyterian Church listed on the National Register?

Old School Presbyterian Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 22, 2009.

What type of historic resource is Old School Presbyterian Church?

Old School Presbyterian Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Old School Presbyterian Church is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1844.

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