{"nrhp_refnum":"99000882","name":"Our Mother of Mercy Catholic Church and Parsonage","other_names":["Sunshine Cumberland Presbyterian Church and Manse"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1100 and 1104 Evans Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.732691825000074,"lon":-97.31840768399996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-07-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Black","Social History","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A small 1 1/2-story brick and stucco Tudor Revival church (1929) and an earlier Queen Anne style parsonage at 1100 and 1104 Evans Avenue in a historic African American neighborhood of southeast Fort Worth, Texas.","why_significant":"The church housed Tarrant County's only African American Catholic parish from 1929 to 1952 and supported community welfare, including a school for African American children. It is also significant as a Period Revival church designed and built by its priest, Father Narcissus Denis, with help from parishioners.","narrative":"Two buildings at 1100 and 1104 Evans Avenue in southeast Fort Worth form this property: a small brick and stucco church built in 1929 and the Queen Anne style house that served as its parsonage. The church has a front gable, a corner bell tower, rounded arched windows and half timbering that suggest Tudor Revival influence. Father Narcissus Denis, a Josephite priest trained as a carpenter, designed it and worked alongside parishioners to build it. He also made the altar, baptismal font and other interior furnishings. Our Mother of Mercy was Tarrant County's only African American Catholic parish from 1929 to 1952. Its members built a parochial school for African American children and took part in the community's social welfare. The parish moved to another site in 1952, and the property was later sold to Sunshine Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which still uses it. The parsonage has been altered, but it counts as contributing because of its link to the church.","period_of_significance":"1929-1948","architect_builder":"Denis, N.P.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Tudor Revival; Late Victorian: Queen Anne","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Now used as Sunshine Cumberland Presbyterian Church, a religious facility; the church retains much of its integrity, while the parsonage has been altered but still counts as contributing.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.484782-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/50/9735/40973550/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/99000882.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000882/a6fab8afff-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000882/a6fab8afff-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Our_Mother_of_Mercy_Catholic_Church.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:Our_Mother_of_Mercy_Catholic_Church.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973550","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Mother_of_Mercy_Catholic_Church_and_Parsonage","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7111094"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/our-mother-of-mercy-catholic-church-and-parsonage-99000882/"}