Brenham Presbyterian Church, 900 Jackson Street, Brenham, Washington County, TX

1995 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry

Significance: The Brenham Presbyterian Church in Brenham, Texas is a religious facility constructed in three stages. Presently the church consists of a main sanctuary, an adjoining fellowship hall, and an educational administrative wing. The original structure, a simple single room building which now serves as the fellowship hall, was built in 1874 and dedicated as the main German Methodist Episcopal Church, a part of the Southern German Conference. Erected under the charge of Reverend Carl Urbantke, it housed the first German Methodist congregation in Brenham for want of an ordained German minister...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N206

Survey number: HABS TX-3414

Building/structure dates: 1874 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1913 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1981 Subsequent Work

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