{"nrhp_refnum":"88001928","name":"St. Paul's Baptist Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"454 2nd, NE","address_restricted":false,"city":"Paris","county":"Lamar County","state":"TX","lat":33.66703344800004,"lon":-101.50043325999997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-10-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story frame church at 454 2nd N.E. in Paris, Lamar County, Texas, built in 1921 by an unknown architect or builder, on a prominent corner lot in an older residential neighborhood.","why_significant":"The nomination calls it a noteworthy late frame adaptation of the Romanesque style, more ambitious than comparable East Texas churches of the period. It has been a landmark of Paris's Black community since it was built. Despite later siding, it is described as the most noteworthy and intact of the town's older Black churches.","narrative":"St. Paul's Baptist Church is a two-story, symmetrical frame building completed in 1921 on a corner lot at 454 2nd N.E. in Paris, Texas. Its front has a central portico with an inset porch framed by semicircular arches on square posts. Large round-headed stained-glass windows sit beside smaller paired windows, and tower sections to the north and south carry rectangular windows. A central gable crowns the front, with two gablets above the side windows. Around 1960 the structure was covered in artificial siding, but the building remains in good condition and is still used as a church. It was recognized for architecture at the local level as a late frame adaptation of the Romanesque style, more ambitious than many similar East Texas churches of its time. It has also long been a landmark of the Black community in Paris and is considered the most noteworthy and intact of the town's older Black churches.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Romanesque influence","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Physical condition is good; still used as a church. Covered in artificial siding around 1960.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.232351-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/21/9698/40969821/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88001928.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001928/dca53a2152-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88001928/dca53a2152-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Isthird","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St_Paul_Baptist_Church,_Paris,_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Isthird</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:St_Paul_Baptist_Church,_Paris,_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969821","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001163"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/lamar-county/st-pauls-baptist-church-88001928/"}