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FIRST-TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

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1924, Rathbone DeBuys; Watson and Boaler, interior. 500 N. 5th Ave.

The lumber mill Eastman and Green families were members of the church, and in 1924 L. C. Eastman helped fund the brick gable-fronted Gothic Revival building. DeBuys hired consultants Frohman, Robb and Little of Boston, known for their work on the National Cathedral in Washington D.C. The interior, one of the finest twentieth-century Gothic Revival designs in the state, was by Chicago designers Watson and Boaler. It features an exposed hammer beam roof, iron light fixtures by Samuel Yellin of Philadelphia, and stained glass windows by the New York studio of Heinigke and Smith. A 72-foot square tower connects the church and Kirk House, which houses classrooms, kitchen, and parlor.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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JONES COUNTY COURTHOUSE
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Citation

Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "FIRST-TRINITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH", [Laurel, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-PW14.

Print Source

Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 308-309.

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