2501 California St. Gospel Mission Church, Elder Frank Mason (1977?- )
Creator(s)
Noel, Thomas J. (Thomas Jacob)
Summary
View of Gospel Mission Church, 2501 California Street (California and 25th Streets), in the Five Points Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. The Gothic Revival-style church was built in 1887 as the First German Methodist Episcopal Church, and from 1935 to 1963 it served as the Japanese Methodist Church. The red brick buildings has a rusticated stone foundation, a L-shaped plan and a cross-gabled roof. There is a three-story tower, embraced within the L, which is topped with an octagonal roof covered in shingles. There are quatrefoil windows on the third story of the tower, and a decorative band of wood shingles between the second and third floors.The doors and stained glass windows have gothic arches.
Date
1978
Notes
Content derived from inventory prepared by Jacquelyn Ainlay-Conley.; Scanned image from loaned collection.; Title penciled on verso of photographic print.; Digitization sponsored by the Kenneth King Foundation.; R7001510781
Physical Description
1 photographic print ; 13 x 18 cm. (5 x 8 in.)
Is Part Of
Tom Noel photograph collection.; Tom Noel photograph collection, notebook California Street and Champa Street.;
Subject
Gospel Mission Church (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Denver (Colo.)--1970-1980.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--1970-1980.; Churches.; Gospel Mission Church (Denver, Colo.)--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; African American churches--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; African American churches.; African Americans--Structures.; Church buildings--Colorado--Denver--Pictorial works.; Denver (Colo.)--Pictorial works.; Five Points (Denver, Colo.)--Pictorial works.
Source
Tom Noel.
Rights
Restrictions applying to use or reproduction of this image available from the Western History/Genealogy Dept., Denver Public Library.
