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First Baptist Church of Alpine

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1917, James E. Green. 203 N. 4th St.

This church replaced an 1896 adobe building on the same corner site. Set on a raised basement, the two-story classical building is faced with dark brick and surmounted by a central octagonal drum and dome. On the E. Sul Ross Avenue and N. 4th elevations, wide stairs lead to inset, two-story entrance porticoes each framed with four fluted Tuscan columns supporting an entablature and pediment. Behind the columns are double-height arched stained glass windows. Inside, the worship space is a fan-shaped quarter circle, with curving pews on a raked floor focused on the pulpit and baptismal area in the northwest corner. A second-story balcony follows the same curves.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Brewster County Appraisal District (U.S. Post Office)
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Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "First Baptist Church of Alpine", [Alpine, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-FV10.

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, 439-439.

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