First Presbyterian Church, Church & Nineteenth Streets, Galveston, Galveston County, TX

Significance: An outstanding example of the Norman phase of the Romanesque Revival style, prevalent in this country in the second half of the nineteenth century, the building is architecturally distinguished both in its faithful and competent eclecticism and in its aesthetic merit. The architects, Jones and Baldwin, were designers of numerous notable buildings in the Memphis, Tennessee area. Clayton, the supervising architect, received his training in this office and later became Texas's outstanding nineteenth century architect. The Reverend Robert Franklin Bunting, an important pioneer Texas churchman, was instrumental in promoting the erection of this structure.
Survey number: HABS TX-2106