Annunciation Greek Orthodox, Little Rock

The previous post showed Annunciation's first home; this has been the home of Little Rock's Greek Orthodox church for the past 27 years.

Next weekend the church sponsors the popular International Greek Food Festival. The event began as an annual pastry sale at the Quapaw Quarter church in the 1950s and grew considerably after the move. The festival is a great way to sample food and culture from the Middle East as well as Greece, and it is a major fundraiser for an array of worthy causes.

Incidentally, the church website has one of the most complete synopses of the parish's history of any church I've seen. This entry in the Encyclopedia of Arkansas also covers Greek immigration history around the state.

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Cathedral Park Apartments, Little Rock

The Little Rock church at 15th & Center was built in 1889. For its first thirty years it was home to the Winfield Methodist congregation. In 1919 it was purchased by the town's growing Greek Orthodox community and became the home to the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church until 1983, at which time, like Winfield and many others, the congregation moved westward.

The building was then converted to apartments. The original slate roof was replaced with shingles in 1991.

Traveler's Rest M.B., Humnoke

Christadelphian Church, Morrillton

The entryway doesn't match the church, but I guess it gets you inside.

Update: The Encyclopedia of Arkansas has an article about this denomination here.

First United Methodist, Conway

Evoking both Byzantine and Italian Renaissance architectural styles, this church was built in 1915.

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First United Methodist, Clarendon

Another tiled dome atop a church built just three years earlier than the one above.

Happy Easter.

Wabbaseka United Methodist

The church is on the National Register of Historic Places and was built in 1925, although the congregation was formed 55 years earlier. Miss Willie K. Hocker, the designer of the Arkansas state flag, was an active member and Sunday School teacher at the church.

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