St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Episcopal church in Foreman, Arkansas, United States
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church is a single-story wood-frame building at the junction of Tracy Lawrence Avenue and Bell Street in Foreman, Arkansas. Designed by A. M. Hawkins and built in 1895, it combines Gothic, Queen Anne and Stick style elements: decorative cut shingles, stickwork in the gables and Gothic lancet windows. A 1996 construction replaced the parish hall destroyed by a 1993 storm.
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church traces its congregation to a mission established in the 1840s. The present single-story wood-frame church was designed by A. M. Hawkins and built in 1895. A one-room schoolhouse attached as a parish hall in the 1950s was destroyed in a 1993 storm and replaced by new construction in 1996. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998.
St. Barnabas was built for a congregation whose origins lay in a mission established in the 1840s, and the parish reported 43 members in 2017 and 20 in 2023, with an average Sunday attendance of 15 between 2015 and 2023. The stained glass windows are the feature visitors notice first inside the building.
The church stands at the junction of Tracy Lawrence Avenue and Bell Street in Foreman. It is a single-story wood-frame building entered at ground level, with the 1996 parish hall adjoining it. Services are held for a congregation that reported an average Sunday attendance of 15 between 2015 and 2023, so the building is often closed outside worship times.
The 1950s parish hall was an old one-room schoolhouse moved onto the site; a storm destroyed it in 1993 and new construction replaced it in 1996. Membership has shrunk sharply: 43 reported members in 2017 and 20 in 2023, with average Sunday attendance of 15 between 2015 and 2023.
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