Bristow Presbyterian Church

Historic church in Oklahoma, United States

United States historic place


Bristow Presbyterian Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Bristow Presbyterian Church October 26, 2014
35°49′57″N 96°23′35″W / 35.83250°N 96.39306°W / 35.83250; -96.39306
Area	less than one acre
Built	1922
Built by	Thomas Murray, other
Architect	Corland L. Butler
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	79001992^[1]
Added to NRHP	October 3, 1979

Bristow Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The church was organized on October 21, 1917. The church building was erected in 1922 and added to the National Historic Register in 1979.^[1] The exterior walls are white marble from Carthage, Missouri, and interior walls are Bedford stone.^[2] Featuring Tiffany stained glass windows and a beautiful organ, the Sanctuary has been described as a pocket cathedral. It is located at the corner of West 6th and Elm in Bristow, Oklahoma.^[1]

The church was built on land donated by the Claude Freeland family, and had a membership of 98 in 2009.^[2]

It is a notable Gothic Revival building. Much of the building was built by its pastor, Thomas Murray.^[3]

The current minister is Rev. Rebecca Montgomery, who was raised in Chicago and educated at Princeton Theological Seminary. Before coming to Bristow, she spent a year in Greece as a missionary and three years in China, where she taught English and American culture at a university in Jiujiang. She returned to the United States in 2005, went back to Princeton, where she earned a Master of Divinity degree in 2008.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sherman, Bill. "Minister brings ‘a lot of life’ to historic Bristow church." Tulsa World. July 3, 2009. Accessed March 17, 2019.
^ Kent Ruth (January 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Bristow Presbyterian Church". National Park Service. Retrieved June 2, 2017. With four photos from 1979.