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Knoxville Presbyterian Church

Knoxville Presbyterian Church

The outstanding feature of this church is its outsized corner tower; the architect has cleverly emphasized its height with strong vertical lines. Corner towers are common in churches on corner lots, but seldom do they reach these proportions. (Addendum: The architects were the firm of Craig, Hodgens & Burns.)1

Tower

There are also smaller towers at three of the other four corners of the building, and a matching Sunday-school wing is attached.

Rear of the church

This is one of several abandoned churches in Knoxville, but at least somebody mows the lawn and sweeps away the trash. Note the steep slope that makes two floors’ difference between the front of the lot and the back of the lot.

Knoxville Presbyterian Church
  1. Record & Guide, July 23, 1902, p. 488. “Craig Hodgen [sic] & Burns, Bissell Building, have awarded the contract for the Knoxville Presbyterian church to G. H. Schmunk.” ↩︎

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2 responses to “Knoxville Presbyterian Church”

  1. Knoxville Christian Church – Father Pitt

    […] its neighbor, the Knoxville Presbyterian Church, this little Gothic church has no one to cut down the weeds and the Pittsburgh palms. It is already […]

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  2. Rudi

    I think this churh burnt down. My parents and grandparents were married here. The last minister died a few years ago. Really nice man grew up with him at Brentwood Church

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