Though out of fashion for residential construction long before the founding of Lubbock, the Gothic Revival style continued to be associated with churches well into the 1950s. It represented virtues symbolically important to some religions and continued to be utilized because of its emotional associations. In areas where stone was not readily available or funding was limited, a sub-style constructed of wood appeared called "Carpenter Gothic". High-styled masonry churches, such as First Methodist Church and other more contemporary versions, were built in the city until 1958. Features and details derived from this style were also common in commercial buildings from the 1870s into the 1920s. Characteristics include wheel or rose windows; pointed "Gothic" and tracery windows; gingerbread verge boards; gabled, slate roofs; towers with battlements; pinnacles with crockets; Tudor arches; and buttresses.
Original St. Paul's on the Plains
Episcopal Church, 1609 Ave. Q, 1913
714 Ave. E Rear, 1926
902 7th Rear, 1926
1809 Ave. M, 1950
First Methodist Church, 1411 Broadway, 1952-55; Wyatt C. Hedrick,
Ft. Worth architect
First Methodist Church, 1411 Broadway, 1952-55; Wyatt C. Hedrick, Ft. Worth, architect
