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St. John’s Episcopal Church

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1892, Lovell and Hood. 700 Main Ave.

This Gothic Revival church in rock-faced limestone was built and finished over a period of time as the congregation’s finances allowed, using drawings donated by the architects. When the church was first occupied in 1892, the interiors consisted of plank benches, pine floorboards, oil lamps, and canvas windows. Stained glass windows from Belgium were installed in 1894, but it was not until the early decades of the twentieth century that pews and chancel furnishing were provided. The church is sheltered by a tall, steeply pitched roof, and the front gable has a large pointed-arched window. A short tower entrance may have been intended to receive a spire, but one has never been installed.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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What's Nearby

J. A. Walker House
U.S. Post Office
Brownwood Manor (Citizens National Bank)
Town Houses (Brownwood National Bank)
Brown County Museum of History (Brown County Jail)

Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "St. John’s Episcopal Church", [Brownwood, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-FC28.

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, 295-295.

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