St. John the Baptist Catholic Church (Brinkley, Arkansas) explained

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Location:Jct. of New Orleans and W. Ash St., SW corner, Brinkley, Arkansas
Coordinates:34.8853°N -91.1931°W
Built:1929
Architect:Harry J. Kramer
Architecture:Classical Revival
Added:October 2, 1992
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:92001283

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church is a historic church at the junction of New Orleans and W. Ash Street, SW corner in Brinkley, Arkansas. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

Architecture

The church was built in 1875 as a wood-frame Gothic Revival structure, but was finished brick veneer with Classical Revival styling in 1928–29. The congregation was established by a district priest in 1875, and received its first permanent priest in 1886. The 1929 alterations, which included an extensive redesign of the interior, were to a design by Memphis, Tennessee architect Henry J. Kramer. The interior is remarkably unaltered since 1929, despite the collapse of its plaster ceiling, which required the replacement of light fixtures and pews crushed by the falling ceiling.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NRHP nomination for St. John the Baptist Catholic Church. Arkansas Preservation. 2015-06-24.