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First Presbyterian Church

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1964, Howard R. Meyer. 1114 W. University Dr.

Like O’Neil Ford, Dallas architect Meyer developed a loyal following in Denton that led to commissions for four buildings between the early 1960s and mid-1970s: two for the Denton Area Teachers Credit Union at 212 W. Sycamore Street and 225 W. Mulberry Street of 1964 and 1977, respectively, and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church (1970) at 703 N. Elm Street. Meyer’s travel in Europe in the early 1930s and his encounter with modernism is evident in this church. The long, low buildings have plain white-painted brick walls and low-pitched roofs with exceptionally broad overhangs. Roof planes are very thin, supported on exposed rafters and purlins. Exposed wooden columns convey a simple Japanese-like modularity.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "First Presbyterian Church", [Denton, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-DD12.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 236-236.

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