St. Matthew's Episcopal Church (Houma, Louisiana) Explained

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Location:243 Barrow St., Houma, Louisiana
Coordinates:29.5967°N -90.7186°W
Built:1892
Architecture:Gothic Revival
Added:May 1, 1989
Delisted:March 31, 2015
Refnum:89000331

St. Matthew's Episcopal Church is a parish of the Episcopal Church in Houma, Louisiana, in the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana. It is noted for its historic church at 243 Barrow Street, which was built in 1892 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.

The parish was chartered in 1855. In 1857, Robert Ruffin Barrow donated five lots on Barrow Street, where the first church was built in 1857. In 1888, fire destroyed the rectory and the church was deemed unsafe, leading to the construction of the current buildings 1890–92.

On November 11, 2010, the church was destroyed in a fire and it was delisted from the National Register of Historic Places in March 31, 2015.[1]

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  1. News: Fire razes church in Houma . . November 12, 2010 . 6A . . December 17, 2023.