Orange Street Presbyterian Church

Historic church in Arkansas, United States

United States historic place


Muses Cultural Arts Center
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


34°30′20″N 93°3′22″W / 34.50556°N 93.05611°W / 34.50556; -93.05611
Area	less than one acre
Built	1913
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	02000259^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 28, 2002

The Muses Cultural Arts Center, originally known as Orange Street Presbyterian Church, is an historic building at 428 Orange Street in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The building is a single-story brick structure, with a gable roof and concrete foundation. The front facade has a four-column Greek temple portico, with Ionic columns and a fully pedimented gable with an oculus vent at its center.

History

The church was built in 1913 by a Presbyterian congregation founded in 1903, and was known as the Orange Street Presbyterian Church. It was the congregation's third church, the first two succumbing to fire, and indebting the organization. It occupied the building until 1961, when it moved to new quarters, selling this building to the local Christian Science congregation. The building is one of Hot Springs' best examples of Classical Revival architecture.^[2] In 2013, it was announced that The Muses Project was buying the building as a home for its cultural arts center, and the church was moving to Central Avenue.^[3]

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "NRHP nomination for Orange Street Presbyterian Church". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2015-10-21.
^ Bryan, Wayne (7 July 2013). "The Muses Project finds new home for arts center". Arkansas Online.