{"nrhp_refnum":"86002495","name":"Saint Paul's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"308 N. Monroe","address_restricted":false,"city":"Waxahachie","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.388564589000055,"lon":-96.83702068599996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-24","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a one-story frame Gothic Revival church at 308 N. Monroe in Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas, built in 1885-87 in a mostly residential area north of the central business district.","why_significant":"The inventory form cites architecture as the basis of significance. The congregation was organized in 1876 and the sanctuary was built in 1885-87. It is described as the city's oldest extant church building and the earliest example of the Gothic Revival style in Waxahachie.","narrative":"St. Paul's Episcopal Church is a small frame sanctuary at 308 N. Monroe in Waxahachie, Texas, built between 1885 and 1887 for a congregation organized in 1876. It is a one-story, open-plan building clad in weatherboard siding, with a gable roof of composition shingles and box eaves. Pointed arches shape the doors and the wood-sash windows, which hold stained glass. A gabled entry vestibule with a small triple window marks the front, there are two single-door entrances, and triple windows appear on the transept facades. The building sits in a mostly residential area north of the central business district and is recorded as being in good condition. It is still used as a church. Its significance rests on architecture: it is the city's oldest surviving church building and the earliest example of the Gothic Revival style in Waxahachie. The architect and builder are not identified in the record.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Condition is listed as good; the present use is a church, the same as the original use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.375927-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/62/9689/40968962/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002495.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002495/e86f79a4b3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002495/e86f79a4b3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church_(1_of_1).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968962","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Paul%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Waxahachie,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7402021"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/saint-pauls-episcopal-church-86002495/"}