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The First Presbyterian Church is a
Late Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...
-style basilica plan historic church located at 212 North Bonner Street in
Ruston, Louisiana Ruston is a small city in and the parish seat of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, United States. The 2020 population was 22,166. Ruston is near the eastern border of the Ark-La-Tex region and is the home of Louisiana Tech University. Ruston is the prin ...
. Built in 1923–24, its walls are
Flemish bond Flemish bond is a pattern of brickwork that is a common feature in Georgian architecture. The pattern features bricks laid lengthwise (''stretchers'') alternating with bricks laid with their shorter ends exposed (''headers'') within the same cou ...
brick trimmed with limestone. It has a side tower with a
crenelated A battlement, in defensive architecture, such as that of city walls or castles, comprises a parapet (a defensive low wall between chest-height and head-height), in which gaps or indentations, which are often rectangular, occur at intervals t ...
top and a needled spire made of sheet metal. It a crenellated porch topped by a lancet window. wit
three photos and two maps
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National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...
on January 12, 1984.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, Uni ...


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