First Congregational Church and Parish House | |
Location | 234 S. Watkins St., Memphis, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 35°8′7″N 90°0′54″W / 35.13528°N 90.01500°W |
Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
Built | 1910 |
Architect | Walk Claridge Jones, Sr. |
Architectural style | Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 80003862 [1] |
Added to NRHP | July 21, 1980 |
The First Congregational Church and Parish House in Memphis, Tennessee are a historic church and parish house on a single lot at 234 S. Watkins Street. The Georgian Revival-style church is a high one-story church which was built in 1910. [2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. [1]
It was deemed "significant both as a fine example of the Georgian Revival style and as the work of prominent Memphis architect Walk Claridge Jones, Sr. A regional leader in the profession, Jones abhorred modem architecture, preferring instead a simplified classical style. The First Congregational Church, with its Ionic portico, rectangular plan and symmetrical fenestration, illustrates this philosophy." [2]