National Register Record for TRINITY UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

Historic Name: TRINITY UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Current Name: SAME
Address: 2301 NORTHEAST 23RD STREET
City: OKLAHOMA CITY            County: OKLAHOMA
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: TRINITY UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IS BEING NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL UNDER CRITERIA A FOR ITS IMPACT AND INVOLVEMENT IN THE AREAS OF ETHNIC HERITAGE: BLACK AND SOCIAL HISTORY. THE PERIOD OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE CHURCH IS FROM THE FOUNDING OF CRESTON HILLS UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN 1945 THROUGH THE PASSAGE OF NATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION IN 1965, ESPECIALLY 1960, WHEN ALL-WHITE CRESTON HILLS UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH MERGED WITH ALL-BLACK BETHANY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AT THE PRESENT LOCATION. THE NEW, INTEGRATED CONGREGATION TOOK THE NAME TRINITY UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. TRINITY UNITED PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IS ALSO ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL UNDER CRITERIA CONSIDERATION A AS IT IS A PROPERTY OWNED BY RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION AND USED FOR RELIGIOUS PURPOSES. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 09/19/2019.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: RELIGION: RELIGIOUS FACILITY
Current Function: RELIGION: RELIGIOUS FACILITY
Area of Significance 1: ETHNIC HERITAGE: BLACK
Area of Significance 2: SOCIAL HISTORY
Architectural Style: COLONIAL REVIVAL
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1945-1975            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: None
Documentation Source: None
Date Prepared: MARCH 2019