{"nrhp_refnum":"99001451","name":"Tabernacle Baptist Church","other_names":["Evans Avenue Baptist Church","Mount Pisgah Baptist Church"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1801 Evans Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.72492876000007,"lon":-97.31791326799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-11-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A Classical Revival church complex at 1801 Evans Avenue in southeast Fort Worth, Texas, built in two phases between 1923 and 1927 in light brown brick, with an Auditorium Wing and a Young Peoples Annex. The architect is unknown.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the building is an excellent local example of 1920s Classical Revival architecture applied to a house of worship. The youth annex also reflects the changing social role of churches in the early 20th century. It meets the religious property consideration because its significance rests mainly on architectural distinction.","narrative":"Located at the corner of Evans Avenue and Elmwood Street in southeast Fort Worth, this church combines a two-story Auditorium Wing and a Young Peoples Annex in light brown brick with iron flecks. A raised basement was built in 1923, and the upper structure followed in 1926-27 at a reported cost of $90,000. The auditorium has an arcaded portico with cast pilasters, a long flight of concrete steps, art glass windows, a U-shaped balcony, and seating for 750. The congregation began as Kentucky Avenue Baptist Church, adopted the name Tabernacle Baptist after a 1920 fire, and became Evans Avenue Baptist Church in 1941. In 1958 it was taken over by Mount Pisgah Baptist Church, one of Fort Worth's oldest African American congregations. Alterations include replacement windows in the annex and a glass-roofed atrium added in 1985. It was listed for its architecture, as a local example of 1920s Classical Revival church design.","period_of_significance":"1923, 1926-27, ca. 1944","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Still used as a religious facility by the Mount Pisgah Baptist Church congregation. The building is in good condition, though some wood window frames need repair.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.109117-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/1/9734/40973401/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/99001451.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001451/2300724e19-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001451/2300724e19-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tabernacle_Baptist_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:Tabernacle_Baptist_Church.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973401","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabernacle_Baptist_Church_(Fort_Worth)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7673029"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/tabernacle-baptist-church-99001451/"}