Munger Place Methodist Church
Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Organized in 1914, this church has served the Munger Place and East Dallas communities with a variety of programs. A neighborhood landmark, this sanctuary was built in 1925 during the pastorate of the Rev. George M. Gibson. Designed in the English Gothic style by prominent Dallas architect C. D. Hill, its features include symmetrical side gables, a corner square-plan tower, and unusual window tracery and decorative details. RTHL 1990
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Organized in 1914, Munger Place Methodist Church has long served the Munger Place and East Dallas neighborhoods with a range of community programs. Its landmark sanctuary was built in 1925, during the pastorate of Rev. George M. Gibson, and designed in the English Gothic style by prominent Dallas architect C. D. Hill. Symmetrical side gables, a corner square-plan tower, and unusual window tracery mark it as a distinctive work of ecclesiastical architecture, recognized as a Recorded Texas Historical Landmark in 1990.
Why it matters
The church reflects the confident growth of Dallas's early-twentieth-century streetcar suburbs, where fine Gothic sanctuaries gave new neighborhoods a sense of permanence and identity.
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Related people
- · C. D. Hill
- · George M. Gibson
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