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Brenham Presbyterian Church (Methodist Episcopal Church)
1874 fellowship hall; 1913 church; 2002 addition, Val Glitsch. 600 College Ave.
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(Photograph by Gerald Moorhead )
Erected in two stages, the fellowship hall dates to 1874 and served as the sanctuary for the Methodist Episcopal Church and classroom for its school, now Blinn College ( PF12). The present church dates to 1913 and its windows, organ, and pews are all original. The semicircular interior arrangement of the pews and sloped floor is characteristic of the Akron plan, popular in the early twentieth century. The shallow and wide sanctuary allowed the congregants to see and hear clearly. The Methodist church sold the property to the Presbyterian parish in 1950. The seven-tracker pipe organ dates to 1913 and was made by Hinners Organ Company of Pekin, Illinois.
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Location: Brenham, TexasRegional Overviews:Architect:Styles:no metadata availableMaterials:no metadata available
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Gerald Moorhead et al., "Brenham Presbyterian Church (Methodist Episcopal Church)", [Brenham, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-01-PF11.
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Buildings of Texas: Central, South, and Gulf Coast, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013, 80-80.
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