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First Presbyterian Church (Central Presbyterian Church)

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1926, Shepard and Wiser; 1962 additions. 1100 S. Harrison St.

The migration of churches to peripheral sites as growing city centers absorbed near-town residential neighborhoods is a common development. This limestone Gothic Revival complex by Kansas City architects, who maintained a branch office in Amarillo in the 1920s, replaced a Beaux-Arts classical building downtown at W. 10th and Taylor streets. The church is a sophisticated adaptation of English parish church tradition, with its stone walls and spired tower. The church is entered indirectly through a semi-enclosed courtyard. The ensemble is executed in white limestone, with Tudor details.

Next to the church at 1118 S. Harrison, the two-story Colonial Revival Kouns-Jackson House (c. 1908) is the sole survivor of the Plemons Addition, one of Amarillo’s oldest residential neighborhoods. Charles Kouns was general manager of the East Railway of the New Mexico System.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "First Presbyterian Church (Central Presbyterian Church)", [Amarillo, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-AO18.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 342-342.

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