Historic Name

Morning Star Church of God in Christ

Address

41 Birch Avenue

Tax Parcel

1114_6902_19

Historic District

Witherspoon-Jackson Historic District

Classification

Contributing

Number of Resources

1

Style

Other

Number of Stories

1

Material

Concrete

Historic Function

Religion

Current Function

Religion

Last Entry Update

2/21/2020

Setting

Description

The church building is a 1-story house of worship reflecting the "raised chapel" plan. The key feature of the building is its parapet. The building has a front end gabled orientation, facing south to Birch Avenue. The front gable is a parapet; the walls are concrete block on a concrete foundation. windows are all replacement units, arranged in three bays on the main elevation and four bays on the side walls. A set of concrete steps leads up to the entrance on the main elevation, located below a small awning. The building has 1x1 basement windows in the concrete foundation on the south, east, and west elevations.

Built

1952

Architect

Builder

History

The church building was constructed in 1952. Historic maps indicate that the property was vacant as late as the historic aerial of 1947. The first indication of the house is the historic aerial of 1953, which shows the building (as do all subsequent historic aerials). The congregation was founded in a neighboring house; it was chartered on the 4th Sunday in June 1941. The congregation constructed the church building in 1952.

Sources

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2015 Photo
41 Birch Avenue, south elevation

2015 Photo
41 Birch Avenue, south and west elevations

2015 Photo
41 Birch Avenue, south and east elevations