First Presbyterian Church (Valdosta, Georgia)

The First Presbyterian Church in Valdosta, Georgia is a historic Presbyterian church that was built in 1910. It is located at 313 N. Patterson Street.

First Presbyterian Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	313 N. Patterson St., Valdosta, Georgia
Coordinates	30°50′3″N 83°16′10″W
Area	0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built	1910
Built by	Shaw, M.E.
Architect	Butt & Morris
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	87001912[1]
Added to NRHP	November 2, 1987

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.^[1]

It is the only Classical Revival-style church in Valdosta and was designed by Atlanta architects James W. Butt (d. 1914) and Marshall F. Morris (d. 1921). The church's front facade, on Patterson Street, has a portico with six Corinthian columns, with dentils and modillions in its cornice and pediment, and decorative terra cotta in the tympanum. It also has two pedimented cross-gabled pavilions with dentils and modillions on its Magnolia Street facade.^[2]

Butt & Norris also designed the Thomas P. Arnold House in Palmetto, Georgia, which also is NRHP-listed.^[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Catherine Wilson-Martin (July 6, 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: First Presbyterian Church". National Park Service. Retrieved March 10, 2017. with eight photos from 1987