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First Christian Church | |
First Christian Church in 2012 | |
Location | 612 Throckmorton St., Fort Worth, Texas |
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Coordinates | 32°45′09″N 97°19′55″W / 32.75250°N 97.33194°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1915 |
Architect | Van Slyke & Woodruff |
Architectural style | Beaux Arts, Renaissance |
Website | First Christian Church |
NRHP reference No. | 83003812 [1] |
Added to NRHP | October 6, 1983 |
First Christian Church is a historic church at 612 Throckmorton Street in Fort Worth, Texas. It was founded in 1855, making it the oldest continuously operating church established in Fort Worth, Texas. The present building at 6th and Throckmorton dates back to 1915. It was designed by architects E.W. Van Slyke and Clyde Woodruff in a Renaissance Revival style. The raised two-story limestone building has a Greek Cross plan with a tower and copper-clad dome at the crossing and three porticos with Corinthian columns. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983 [2] and received the Fort Worth Historical and Cultural Landmarks Designation in 2006.