The First Presbyterian Church in

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is a historic

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church that was built in 1910. It is located at 313 N. Patterson Street. It was added to the

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in 1987. It is the only

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-style church in Valdosta and was designed by Atlanta architects James W. Butt (d. 1914) and Marshall F. Morris (d. 1921). The church's front facade, on Patterson Street, has a

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with six Corinthian columns, with

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and

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in its

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and

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, and decorative

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in the tympanum. It also has two

pedimented Pediments are a form of gable in classical architecture, usually of a triangular shape. Pediments are placed above the horizontal structure of the cornice (an elaborated lintel), or entablature if supported by columns.Summerson, 130 In ancient ...

cross-gabled pavilions with dentils and modillions on its Magnolia Street facade. with Butt & Norris also designed the Thomas P. Arnold House in Palmetto, Georgia, which also is NRHP-listed.

References

Presbyterian churches in Georgia (U.S. state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Georgia (U.S. state) Neoclassical architecture in Georgia (U.S. state) Churches completed in 1910 Buildings and structures in Lowndes County, Georgia Valdosta, Georgia National Register of Historic Places in Lowndes County, Georgia Neoclassical church buildings in the United States {{LowndesCountyGA-NRHP-stub