St. Augustine Episcopal, Fort Smith

There is no sign, no cornerstone, and apparently no congregation for this little corner church. (Photo by Jim King)

(Thanks to the anonymous commenter who straightened me out.)

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St. Andrew's Episcopal, Marianna

Looks like Mission Revival style to me, which may or may not date it to the early part of the last century. How's that for definitive?

A pretty church compound with a kind of European feel.

BTW; yes, the main entry door is red.

St. Paul's Episcopal, Batesville

There has been an Episcopal church at this site since 1866, although I'm not sure when this particular church was constructed.

As is the custom with Episcopal churches, the front door is painted red. I found this interesting blog entry that attempts to explain why this is so.

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St. John's Episcopal, Fort Smith

Another photo from Brother Dub, although I suspect it was more for the foliage than the church.

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St. John's Episcopal, Helena

While working on Temple Beth El, I happened to glance across the street and saw four of these guys jutting out from the tower atop St. John's Episcopal. I can't recall seeing gargoyles on any Arkansas church before.

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unknown, Brinkley

As there is no identifying sign, I assume this pretty little church has been converted into a home. If so, it's a bit unusual that the cross would remain over the entrance. A parsonage, perhaps?

Update: Please refer to the comment for the church's past and present identification.

St. Peter's Episcopal, Conway

This is the main entrance to the original St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Conway. It was built in 1944. The width of the church was only three times the width of the doorway.

Here's what it looks like from the south. I love the sets of twin gothic arches, their brick surrounds and the row of buttresses. I suspect the roof line in the rear was part of the later addition.

Here's the 1963 addition, perhaps better described as a new attached church. They kept a hint of the buttresses and recreated the scale of the old entrance, but then it opens up further west to a much larger building. I like the placement of the steeple at the low point of the new church. Somehow it reconciles the old and the new and brings unity to a juxtaposition that would otherwise be jarring. I don't know about those dormers, though.

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