Paris First, Paris

Name: Paris First
Address: 311 E Main St, Paris, United States

#1 among attractions in Paris

Top attraction, Church, Gothic Revival architecture, Romanesque architecture

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The First Christian Church is a historic church at 120 East Walnut Street in Paris, Arkansas. It is a T-shaped single-story building, constructed out of stone and concrete between 1930 and 1936 for a congregation of the Disciples of Christ organized about 1890. It is the congregation's second church, the first having been severely damaged by a storm in 1929. It is locally distinctive for its architecture, a basically Collegiate Gothic form with Romanesque details. ()

Built: 1930 (94 years ago)Coordinates: 35°17'29"N, 93°43'41"W

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311 E Main StParis United States

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Paris First – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cove Lake Spillway Dam-Bridge, Methodist Episcopal Church, Short Mountain Creek Bridge, Cove Lake Bathhouse.

6.9 miSE
Bridge
Cove Lake Spillway Dam-Bridge, Mount Magazine State Park
176 min walk • The Cove Lake Spillway Dam and Bridge are historic structures in Ozark-St. Francis National Forest, north of Corley, Arkansas. The dam is built of earth and stone, and impounds Cove Lake, location of a recreation area in the national forest.
~990 ftNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Methodist Episcopal Church, Paris
5 min walk • The First United Methodist Church, originally the Methodist Episcopal Church, South is a historic church building at 205 North Elm Street in Paris, Arkansas. It is a two-story brick building with Late Gothic Revival styling, built between 1917 and 1928 for a congregation founded in the early 1870s.
1.6 miNW
Bridge
Short Mountain Creek Bridge, Paris
42 min walk • The Short Mountain Creek Bridge carries Short Mountain Road across Short Mountain Creek, northwest of Paris, Arkansas. It is a single-span Parker pony truss bridge, with a span measuring 92 feet and a total structure length of 93 feet.
7.1 miSE
Baths
Cove Lake Bathhouse, Mount Magazine State Park
180 min walk • The Cove Lake Bathhouse is a historic recreational facility at the Cove Lake Recreation Area, north of Corley, Arkansas in the Ozark-St. Francis National Forest. It is a T-shaped stone structure, built of fieldstone with a gabled roof. A porch extends across the front, supported by stone piers.
6.1 miSE
Bridge
Cove Creek Tributary Bridge, Mount Magazine State Park
155 min walk • The Cove Creek Tributary Bridge is a historic bridge in rural Logan County, Arkansas. It is a two-span closed-spandrel stone arch bridge, carrying Arkansas Highway 309 across a tributary of Cove Creek north of Corley in Ozark-St. Francis National Forest.
~590 ftW
Interesting neighbourhood, Romanesque architecture
Paris Commercial Historic District, Paris
3 min walk • The Paris Commercial Historic District encompasses much of the commercial heart of downtown Paris, Arkansas. Centered on the courthouse square, where the Logan County Courthouse, Eastern District is located, the district contains a well-preserved collection of mainly commercial architecture from the turn of the 20th century.