Trials, Tribulations, and Towers

ID: 2900 ~ Source: Associated Press. “Exterior of St. James,” photograph. Bismarck Tribune. 2015. https://bismarcktribune.com/st-james-methodist-church-building-in-waco-for-sale/article_2802fc28-92cc-50bf-9600-5b52163a282a.html.
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Trials, Tribulations, and Towers

Though forced to relocate from their original location, St. James members looked forward to the construction of their church. The design, like inspired by the St. Paul United Methodist Church in San Antonio, contained architectural elements frequently utilized in Tudor Revival and Gothic Revival structures. The towers and Gothic arches above the entrance point to these influences.

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By Allie Roberts
St. James United Methodist Church, originally a Methodist Episcopal church, has existed almost as long as the city of Waco itself. Founded in 1874 by Anderson Brack, a formerly enslaved man, the congregation started with roughly fifty-three members.…