First Presbyterian Church is a historic church in

Waurika, Oklahoma Waurika is the county seat of Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 1,837 as of the 2020 United States census. An article from 1985 in ''The Oklahoman'' claimed that Waurika promoted itself as "The Parakeet Capital of ...

. It was built in 1908 and added to the

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 ...

in 2002. It is a one-story brick building with a side tower. It featured green-painted wood shingles in its gable ends and on the tower. Wide, overhanging boxed eaves seem to be consistent with

Prairie School Prairie School is a late 19th and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped i ...

style. It has fifty-six-over-one windows on the front, fifty-six-over-four windows on the side, and one-over-one windows on the back. It was designed by Amarillo, Texas architect J.C. Berry. When listed in 2001, the building was owned by the city of Waurika and had not operated as a church since the 1980s.

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Presbyterian churches in Oklahoma Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma Churches completed in 1908 Buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Oklahoma National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Oklahoma 1908 establishments in Oklahoma {{Oklahoma-Presbyterian-church-stub