First Christian Church (Russellville, Arkansas)

	First Christian Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Location in Arkansas Location in United States
Location	103 S. Boston Ave., Russellville, Arkansas
Coordinates	35°16′47″N 93°7′55″W / 35.27972°N 93.13194°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1885
Architect	Price, J.D.; Eaton, J.P. & A.K. Bollinger
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	06000418
Added to NRHP	May 24, 2006

The First Christian Church in downtown Russellville, Arkansas is a historic church at the intersection of South Boston Avenue and East Main Place. The original single-story building was designed by architect J. D. Price of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and constructed by local contractors J. P. Eaton and A. K. Bollinger in 1885-86 as a wood-frame building with a Carpenter Gothic cruciform sanctuary design.

A 1925 expansion by builders J.C. and Warren Woodson, brothers, added 35 feet to the structure's rear, matching the building's original height and pitch of the roof. The project also added a front entrance portico, applied a brick veneer to the building’s exterior, installed stained-glass windows in the entry area and sanctuary to replace opaque, amber-colored panes used in the original construction, and modified the church’s interior.

An education annex at the rear of the church was added in 1953-54.

It was built for a congregation affiliated with the Disciples of Christ, which was founded in 1882. It was judged one of the most expensive wooden churches in the state when it was built.^[2]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for First Christian Church" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2024-07-24.

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[NRHP-2] "NRHP nomination for First Christian Church" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2024-07-24.

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