Second Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tennessee) (1952)

Not to be confused with Clayborn Temple.
Second Presbyterian Church
Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tennessee
The current home of the church, built in 1952
Second Presbyterian Church is located in Tennessee
Second Presbyterian Church
Second Presbyterian Church
35°07′24.5″N 89°55′37.8″W / 35.123472°N 89.927167°W / 35.123472; -89.927167
Location4055 Poplar Avenue, Memphis, Tennessee
CountryUnited States
DenominationEvangelical Presbyterian Church (United States)
Previous denominationPresbyterian Church in the United States
ChurchmanshipEvangelical, Reformed
Membership3287 (2013)
Weekly attendance1940 (2013)[1]
Website2pc.org
History
Founded1844
Architecture
Architect(s)Walter H. Thomas, Harold E. Wagoner[2]
Completed1952

Second Presbyterian Church of Memphis, Tennessee is a historic congregation, in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, located at 4055 Poplar Avenue.[3] Its former 1891 building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places but was sold by the congregation in 1952 when it moved to its current location.[4] The present building was designed by Walter H. Thomas and Harold E. Wagoner, and received the Second Award for Large Churches from the Church Architectural Guild of America .[5]

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Second Presbyterian Church (Memphis, Tennessee).
  1. ^ "2013 Annual Statistical and Financial Reports" (PDF). Evangelical Presbyterian Church. September 1, 2014.
  2. ^ American Architects Directory (PDF) (First ed.). R.R. Bowker. 1956.
  3. ^ "History of Second". Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tennessee.
  4. ^ Church, Barbara Hume; Dalton, Robert E. (July 12, 1979). "Second Presbyterian Church, Memphis, Tennessee". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  5. ^ "News Announcement of New Fellows" (PDF). American Institute of Architects.

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