The First Christian Church in

Lawton, Oklahoma Lawton is a city in and the county seat of Comanche County, Oklahoma, Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Located in western Oklahoma, approximately southwest of Oklahoma City, it is the principal city of the Lawton metropolitan ar ...

is a historic church at 701 D Avenue. It was built in 1929 and added to the

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in 1985. It was designed by architect Walter T. Vahlberg in

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style. It was built in 1928 but was soon destroyed by a fire, and it was rebuilt in 1929. With According to its National Register nomination, it "is the best example of Gothic Revival style architecture in Southwest Oklahoma" and its stained glass windows are "the most impressive such windows" to be found in any church in that area.

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