National Register Record for GARVIN ROCK CHURCH

Historic Name: GARVIN ROCK CHURCH
Current Name: OLD ROCK CHURCH
Address: NE CORNER OF WILLIAMS AND LOVE
City: GARVIN            County: MCCURTAIN
Section: 7, SE4, SW4           Township: 7S           Range: 23E          
Description of significance: THE GARVIN ROCK CHURCH IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A GOTHIC STONE CHURCH ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY SETTLERS OF MCCURTAIN COUNTY. THE CHURCH IS UNUSUALLY ELABORATE IN ITS DESIGN, CONSIDERING ITS LOCATION WITHIN A SMALL RURAL COMMUNITY. THE 1910 CHURCH IS A SINGLE-STORY BUILDING WITH BASEMENT. RECTANGULAR IN PLAN, THE CHURCH HAS THREE SQUARE CRENELATED ENTRIES. THE WALLS ARE CONSTRUCTED OF REDDISH-HUED NATIVE LIMESTONE QUARRIED NEAR THE CHURCH SITE. ITS GOTHIC WINDOWS ORIGINALLY HAD STAINED GLASS. THE ORIGINAL GLASS WAS DAMAGED DURING A 1920S STORM AND REPLACED WITH CONVENTIONAL WINDOWS. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER, 6/16/1980.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: RELIGION: RELIGIOUS FACILITY: CHURCH
Current Function: RELIGION: RELIGIOUS FACILITY: CHURCH
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: RELIGION
Architectural Style: GOTHIC REVIVAL
Architect: CAMPBELL AND OWENS - ARCHITECT; MORRIS, M.C. - SAPULPA
Year Built: 1905            Original Site: YES
Condition: FAIR
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: MCCURTAIN COUNTY REGISTER OF THE DEEDS OFFICE AND PERSONAL INTERVIEW WITH TED STAFFORD WHO LIVES TO THE SOUTHEAST OF THE CHURCH
Date Prepared: 5/4/1994