The former Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church is a historic church building at 3323 W. 12th St. in

Little Rock, Arkansas (The Little Rock, The "Little Rock") , government_type = council-manager government, Council-manager , leader_title = List of mayors of Little Rock, Arkansas, Mayor , leader_name = Frank Scott Jr. , leader_ ...

. It is a one and a half-story brick structure, with a striking full-height Greek temple front, that has six Ionic columns supporting a fully pedimented

gable A gable is the generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural system used, which reflects climate, material availability, and aesth ...

with small octagonal window at its center. It was built in 1925 to a design by noted Arkansas architect

Charles L. Thompson Charles L. Thompson and associates is an architectural group that was established in Arkansas since the late 1800s. It is now known as Cromwell Architects Engineers, Inc.. This article is about Thompson and associates' work as part of one ...

, and is the only one of his church designs known to use the Greek temple front. Since 1976 the building has housed Emmanuel Baptist Church, a century old African-American\ congregation. The building was listed on the

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in 1982.

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