First Congregational Church and Parish House

{{short description|Historic church in Tennessee, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = First Congregational Church and Parish House

| nrhp_type =

| image = First Congregational Church Memphis, Tennessee.jpg

| caption =

| location = 234 S. Watkins St., Memphis, Tennessee

| coordinates = {{coord|35|8|7|N|90|0|54|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Tennessee#USA

| built = {{Start date|1910}}

| architect = Walk Claridge Jones, Sr.

| architecture = Colonial Revival, Georgian Revival

| added = July 21, 1980

| area = {{convert|0.5|acre}}

| refnum = 80003862{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

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The First Congregational Church and Parish House in Memphis, Tennessee are a historic church and parish house on a single lot at 234 S. Watkins Street. The Georgian Revival-style church is a high one-story church which was built in 1910. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

It was deemed "significant both as a fine example of the Georgian Revival style and as the work of prominent Memphis architect Walk Claridge Jones, Sr. A regional leader in the profession, Jones abhorred modem architecture, preferring instead a simplified classical style. The First Congregational Church, with its Ionic portico, rectangular plan and symmetrical fenestration, illustrates this philosophy."{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=80003862}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First Congregational Church and Parish House |publisher=National Park Service|author=George M. Slager |author2=Eleanor D. Hughes |date=December 1979 |accessdate=March 1, 2019}} With {{NRHP url|id=80003862|photos=y|title=accompanying five photos from 1978-79}}