{"nrhp_refnum":"88000176","name":"Oak Lawn Methodist Episcopal Church, South","other_names":["Oak Lawn United Methodist Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"3014 Oak Lawn Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.809217871000044,"lon":-96.80841452199996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-03-16","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick Late Gothic Revival church at 3014 Oak Lawn Avenue in Dallas, Texas, about two miles north of downtown. It was built in stages from 1911 to 1915 and designed by Dallas architect C.D. Hill.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the church is an excellent example of Late Gothic Revival architecture in Dallas and a work of the prominent architect C.D. Hill. It is one of the city's oldest and best-preserved churches, and it serves as a landmark and link to the past in a neighborhood heavily changed by commercial development. It also reflects the growth of the Oak Lawn congregation, organized in 1874, and its role in North Texas Methodism.","narrative":"Standing at the corner of Oak Lawn Avenue and Cedar Springs Road in Dallas, this two-story dark-brown brick church was built in stages between 1911 and 1915 from designs by architect C.D. Hill. Light terra cotta trim, pointed-arch windows, buttresses and two corner towers give it a Late Gothic Revival character. Additions of 1928-29 and 1950 extend the rear, and a small elevator tower followed in 1960, but the original sanctuary interior survives with its balconies, plaster walls and the 1915 Kimball organ still in use. The congregation organized in 1874 and this is its third sanctuary. The building matters as a well-preserved example of its style, as the work of a leading early twentieth-century Dallas architect, and as a landmark in a neighborhood where high-rise and commercial development has erased much of the older fabric. Few Dallas churches of its age remain.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"C.D. Hill (1911-15); Coburn & Fowler (1928-29)","architectural_style":"Late Gothic Revival","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; the original organ remains in use and the interior is largely unaltered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.146898-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/43/9716/40971643/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88000176.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000176/0089353238-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88000176/0089353238-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oaklawn_Methodist_Church3.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:Oaklawn_Methodist_Church3.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971643","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Lawn_Methodist_Episcopal_Church,_South","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7073626"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/oak-lawn-methodist-episcopal-church-south-88000176/"}