{"nrhp_refnum":"88002548","name":"Greater St. Paul AME Church","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"215 W. 3rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"San Angelo","county":"Tom Green County","state":"TX","lat":31.465410607000024,"lon":-100.44280581799995,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1988-11-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story brick veneer church on a raised cast stone basement at 215 West 3rd Street in San Angelo, Tom Green County, Texas, built in 1927 in a vernacular style by an unknown architect or builder.","why_significant":"The congregation was organized in 1883 and was the first all Black church in San Angelo, helping to establish other churches in the city. The 1927 building replaced an earlier frame church and has served as an important community building and institution for generations of the city's Black citizens.","narrative":"Greater St. Paul AME Church at 215 West 3rd Street in San Angelo is a simple rectangular brick veneer building completed in 1927. It sits on a raised basement of cast stone blocks beneath a medium-pitched roof. Wide stairs lead to a gabled entry porch carried on brick piers, and the double entry doors are topped by an elliptical arched fanlight. Round arched lights crown the auditorium windows. The congregation traces its origins to 1883, when Reverend J. W. Walker, a former soldier at Fort Concho, organized it. It was the first all Black church in San Angelo and helped found other churches in the city. The present building went up during a period of rapid growth and replaced a frame structure built around World War I. Located in a predominantly Black and Hispanic area, it has long been a community gathering place and a leading institution for Black residents. The building remains in good condition and retains its original site.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Vernacular","criteria":[],"status_note":"Physical condition described as good; site is original.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.743879-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/41/9702/40970241/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/88002548.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002548/8413f6a01c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/88002548/8413f6a01c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greater_St_Paul_AME_Church_San_Angelo_Texas_2019.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:Greater_St_Paul_AME_Church_San_Angelo_Texas_2019.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40970241","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater_St._Paul_AME_Church","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5600762"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tom-green-county/greater-st-paul-ame-church-88002548/"}