First Christian Church (Paris, Arkansas) Explained

First Christian Church
Coordinates:35.2914°N -93.7281°W
Architecture:Romanesque, Late Gothic Revival
Added:June 30, 1995
Refnum:95000791

The First Christian Church is a historic church at 120 East Walnut Street in Paris, Arkansas. It is a T-shaped single-story building, constructed out of stone and concrete between 1930 and 1936 for a congregation of the Disciples of Christ organized about 1890. It is the congregation's second church, the first having been severely damaged by a storm in 1929. It is locally distinctive for its architecture, a basically Collegiate Gothic form with Romanesque details.[1]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for First Christian Church. Arkansas Preservation. 2016-05-05.