{"nrhp_refnum":"87001646","name":"Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"217 W. Twenty-sixth","address_restricted":false,"city":"Bryan","county":"Brazos County","state":"TX","lat":30.673727951000046,"lon":-96.37498811099994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Gothic Revival church complex at 217 W. 26th Street in Bryan, Brazos County, Texas, consisting of a sanctuary built in 1914 and a parish hall added in 1920. It sits at the western edge of the commercial district, across from the old U.S. Post Office.","why_significant":"The inventory form cites architecture as the area of significance, noting the Gothic Revival detailing of lancet-arched windows, doors and buttresses. It also states this is the oldest church facility in continuous use in Bryan. The parish was organized by George D. Haswell and others after moving to Bryan from Millican in 1867.","narrative":"St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is a Gothic Revival church complex at 217 W. 26th Street in Bryan, Texas. The two-story, load-bearing masonry building has a cruciform plan, buff brick walls, a gable roof and a three-bay facade divided by buttresses. A double-door lancet-arched entrance and lancet-arched windows with stone lintels, wood sash, stained glass and tracery give it a Gothic character, with limestone detailing and a brick parapet with stone coping. The sanctuary dates from 1914, and a parish hall with similar detailing but flat-arched openings was added in 1920. The parish traces its Bryan roots to 1867, when George D. Haswell and others organized it after the congregation moved from nearby Millican. The listing recognizes the architecture and the fact that this is the oldest church facility in continuous use in Bryan. Only the sanctuary and parish hall are included; an attached converted commercial building used for education is not. The spire has been removed, but the condition is good.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Gothic Revival church","criteria":[],"status_note":"Present condition listed as good; still used as a church. A commercial building attached on the east side, used as an education wing, is excluded from the nominated property, and the spire has been removed.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.245037-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/55/9684/40968455/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/87001646.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001646/dc7acdaf7f-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87001646/dc7acdaf7f-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_andrews_episcopal_church_2009.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint_andrews_episcopal_church_2009.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"100012600","name":"Downtown Bryan Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/texas/downtown-bryan-historic-district-100012600/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968455","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Andrew%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Bryan,_Texas)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7400908"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brazos-county/saint-andrews-episcopal-church-87001646/"}