Bristow_Presbyterian_Church

Bristow Presbyterian Church

Bristow Presbyterian Church

Historic church in Oklahoma, United States

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]

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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

  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. [2]
    Sherman, Bill. "Minister brings ‘a lot of life’ to historic Bristow church." Tulsa World. July 3, 2009. Accessed March 17, 2019.
  3. [3]
    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.
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