Augusta Presbyterian Church

Augusta Presbyterian Church
Location Third and Walnut Sts., Augusta, Arkansas
Coordinates 35°17′11″N 91°21′57″W / 35.28639°N 91.36583°W / 35.28639; -91.36583Coordinates: 35°17′11″N 91°21′57″W / 35.28639°N 91.36583°W / 35.28639; -91.36583
Area less than one acre
Built 1871
Built by Thomas Hough
NRHP Reference # 86002873[1]
Added to NRHP October 16, 1986

Augusta Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church building at Third and Walnut Streets in Augusta, Arkansas. It is a large brick building with a gable roof and Gothic Revival styling. The building was fashioned out of bricks made locally by hand, with load-bearing walls that are 2 feet (0.61 m) thick. Built in 1871 for a congregation organized ten years earlier, it is Augusta's oldest church.[2]

The church building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "NRHP nomination for Augusta Presbyterian Church" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-06-08.


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