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First United Methodist Church of Clarendon

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1910. 420 S. Jefferson St.

After building several frame churches, the First Methodist congregation erected this monumental buff brick Classical Revival church. A tall, two-story, gable-roofed block is fronted by a pedimented portico with four Corinthian columns in cast stone with brick pilasters behind. A (currently unpainted) tall metal entablature wraps the entire body of the church. The massing is complex, with lower inset entrance blocks and advancing and receding planes of the main block. Windows and doors have projecting, bracketed architraves that, along with pilasters and rich Corinthian capitals, add depth to the wall surface. The gable roofs were installed over the original flat roof in 1950, raising the profile out of proportion to the original composition and diminishing the importance of the front pediment.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

Donley County Courthouse
St. John the Baptist Episcopal Church
Martin-Lowe House
Clarendon Motor Company Building

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "First United Methodist Church of Clarendon", [Clarendon, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-PH10.

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, 365-365.

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