National Register Record for ST PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH

Historic Name: ST PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Current Name: LANE CHAPEL CME CHURCH
Address: 502 NORTH 9TH STREET
City: MUSKOGEE            County: MUSKOGEE
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: ST. PHILIP'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH (ALSO KNOWN AS LANE CHAPEL CME CHURCH/JESUS CHRIST APOSTOLIC CHURCH), AT 502 N. 9TH STREET IN MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA, IS BEING NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONALREGISTER FOR ITS LOCAL SIGNIFICANCE, 1931-1963, UNDER CRITERION A (ETHNIC HERITAGE) FOR ITS SOCIAL FUNCTION FOR THE HISTORY OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN MUSKOGEE, AS ONE OF A FEW HISTORIC CHURCHBUILDINGS REMAINING THAT REPRESENT COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES OF BLACK PROTESTANT CHURCHES. THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE ENDS AT THE FIFTY-YEAR-PAST MARK, COINCIDENTAL WITH THE DECLINE OF CHURCH MEMBERSHIP. IT IS ALSO BEING NOMINATED UNDER CRITERION C (ARCHITECTURE). BECAUSE IT IS THE CITY'S ONLY EXAMPLE OF FULL-SCALE APPLICATION OF TUDOR REVIVAL ARCHITECTURAL FORM AND DETAILING, IT ISELIGIBLE FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER, WITH THE CRITERIA CONSIDERATION FOR RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: RELIGION
Current Function: RELIGION
Area of Significance 1: ETHNIC HERITAGE: BLACK
Area of Significance 2: ARCHITECTURE
Architectural Style: TUDOR REVIVAL
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1931            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: 2013