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The Polk Street United Methodist Church -
formerly known
as The Polk Street Methodist Church
Amarillo,
Texas |
Type: Gothic Revival
with Tudor details
Architects: R.H. Hunt Company of Dallas and Chattanooga
Groundbreaking: December 1926 - Completion: February 1928
Cost: $496,620 |
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The
church on a snowy Amarillo day.
Photo by Wes Reeves, 2002 | |
Organized
as the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in November of 1888, the congregation
was the first to be organized in Amarillo.
The first church building in
Amarillo was the Union Church of Parker's Chapel built in 1889. The building served
many demoninations, but the Methodist congregation (being the first) held the
deed. Within a few years the other denominations built their own church buildings
and moved out.
Parker's Chapel was soon outgrown by the Methodists and
in 1902 a Gothic Revival frame building was built at a cost of $4,000. Known to
most people as the "White Church," it served for a mere five years before being
moved across Polk Street to make way for new construction. In 1907 a brick Romanesque
Revival style church was built on the corner of Polk and Eighth Streets for $45,000. |
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Polk
Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Early 1900s photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com | |
In 1908, the name
was changed from Polk Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South to Polk Street
Methodist Church. In 1926 the congregation had once again outgrown its Romanesque
Revival building, resulting in the construction of the present building.
©
John Troesser
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| Polk
Street Methodist Church
Early 1940s
photo courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
"The
Polk Street United Methodist Church is a near twin of the First United Methodist
Church in downtown Dallas. It was
completed in 1928 and designed by J. Roy Smith and R.H. Hunt and Company (of Chattanooga
and Dallas)." - Wes Reeves
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