{"nrhp_refnum":"01000076","name":"Fullerton First Methodist Episcopal Church","other_names":["Seventh Say Adventist Church","Church of Religious Science"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"117 N. Pomona Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fullerton","county":"Orange County","state":"CA","lat":33.87136705000006,"lon":-117.92250258299998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2001-02-13","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A red brick Gothic Revival church at 117 North Pomona Avenue (corner of Amerige and Pomona) in downtown Fullerton, Orange County, California, built in 1909 to a design by Los Angeles architect Albert R. Walker.","why_significant":"The nomination presents it as the oldest continuous church in Fullerton and the first in the city to use the Akron Plan. It is also the only Fullerton building made with Simons Company bricks or featuring opalescent art glass. It is further tied to architect Albert R. Walker, who later co-founded Walker and Eisen.","narrative":"Built in 1909 at the corner of Amerige and Pomona Avenues in downtown Fullerton, this two-story red brick church combines Gothic Revival features with Craftsman touches. It has a gable roof, arched windows and doors, hood molding, engaged buttresses and a square corner bell tower with a crenellated parapet. Los Angeles architect Albert R. Walker designed it, and Conner and McCann built it in about seven months for $20,000. The bricks are handmade Simons bricks from Los Angeles, used nowhere else in Fullerton. Inside, a modified Akron Plan places curved pews on a sloping floor, and opalescent art glass windows are the only ones of their kind in the city. It was the first Fullerton church to use that plan and is the city's oldest continuous church, housing several congregations over time. Damage from the 1987 Whittier Narrows earthquake was repaired through congregation fundraising. The exterior remains largely unchanged, apart from the lost chimney.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Architect Albert R. Walker; builders Conner and McCann of Los Angeles","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival (with Craftsman elements)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Still used as a religious facility; the building retains a high level of integrity, with the loss of its chimney and minor interior changes. A 1923 rear shed is still used for storage and classrooms.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:27.927387-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_CA/01000076.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000076/5ae91da71a-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/01000076/5ae91da71a-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Traveler100","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FullertonFirstMethodistEpiscopalChurch01c.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Traveler100</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FullertonFirstMethodistEpiscopalChurch01c.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123860222","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fullerton_First_Methodist_Episcopal_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5508291"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/california/orange-county/fullerton-first-methodist-episcopal-church-01000076/"}