National Register Record for BRISTOW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Historic Name: BRISTOW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Current Name: BRISTOW PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Address: 6TH AND ELM
City: BRISTOW            County: CREEK
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN BRISTOW IS AN OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE OF GOTHIC REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE IN CREEK COUNTY. BUILT WITH PROCEEDS FROM THE OIL BOOM, THE LOCAL CONGREGATION WAS ABLE TO ENLIST THE ASSISTANCE OF AN OUTSIDE ARCHITECT TO DESIGN THE BUILDING AND FURNISHINGS. MUCH OF THE EXTERIOR CRAFTSMANSHIP WAS PROVIDED, HOWEVER, BY THE PASTOR OF THE LOCAL CONGREGATION, REV. MURRAY. AS A YOUNG MAN, MURRAY WORKED AS A MASON IN IRELAND. HE OVERSAW THE BUILDING PROJECT AND HAD TO STEP IN TO ENSURE WORK WAS COMPLETED WHEN NUMEROUS WORKERS QUIT UNEXPECTEDLY. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 10/3/1979.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE
Current Function: RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE
Area of Significance 1: RELIGION
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: GOTHIC REVIVAL
Architect: CORLAND L. BUTLER, ARCHITECT; REV. THOMAS MURRAY, BUILDER
Year Built: 1922            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: REV THOMAS MURRAY, MR GLEN FREELAND, CLAUDE FREELAND'S BROTHER
Date Prepared: 10/2/78