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First Presbyterian Church

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1908, L. B. Valk Architectural Company. 32 N. Irving St.

The first church for this congregation, designed by Oscar Ruffini and built in 1887, was replaced by the present red brick building with a steep gabled facade broken by four prominent pilasters that rise to finials, Romanesque and Renaissance details, and a large square corner tower. The Valk firm of Los Angeles gave the church a wedge-shaped Akron plan with a raked floor. The gently domed wooden ceiling strongly recalls a ship’s hull, supported by simply detailed curved beams of dark-stained wood. The focal point of the worship space is a green-painted pipe organ set in a deep, two-story apse outlined with semicircular arches. The apse’s outside wall is faceted instead of curved.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "First Presbyterian Church", [San Angelo, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-SS4.

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, 408-408.

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