Bristow Presbyterian Church
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Bristow Presbyterian Church | |
 Bristow Presbyterian Church October 26, 2014 | |
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| Location | 6th and Elm Sts., Bristow, Oklahoma |
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| Coordinates | 35°49′57″N 96°23′35″W / 35.83250°N 96.39306°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1922 |
| Built by | Thomas Murray, other |
| Architect | Corland L. Butler |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001992[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 3, 1979 |
Bristow Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church (USA). The church was organized on October 21, 1917. The church building was erected in 1922 and added to the National Historic Register in 1979.[1] The exterior walls are white marble from Carthage, Missouri, and interior walls are Bedford stone.[2] Featuring Tiffany stained glass windows and a beautiful organ, the Sanctuary has been described as a pocket cathedral. It is located at the corner of West 6th and Elm in Bristow, Oklahoma.[1]
The church was built on land donated by the Claude Freeland family, and had a membership of 98 in 2009.[2]
It is a notable Gothic Revival building. Much of the building was built by its pastor, Thomas Murray.[3]
The current minister is Rev. Rebecca Montgomery, who was raised in Chicago and educated at Princeton Theological Seminary. Before coming to Bristow, she spent a year in Greece as a missionary and three years in China, where she taught English and American culture at a university in Jiujiang. She returned to the United States in 2005, went back to Princeton, where she earned a Master of Divinity degree in 2008.[2]
