1925 - Church architecture
An architect would describe the Woodland Christian Church as a Colonial Revival 2-story, 5-bay, brick structure, with a full basement.
The center bays are recessed behind the portico which consists of paired and single Doric-style Bedford Stone columns atop brick piers with entablature topped by a blind-arch pediment.
A parapet at the top of the building repeats the arch over the center bay. A cornice, set below the parapet edge, has large block modillions.
Terra cotta decorative motifs serve as “keystones” between paired windows on the outside bays, flanking the portico.
A terrace of stone steps (now concrete) leads to the main auditorium.
The entrances to the modified “Akron Plan” auditorium are on either side of the recessed central bays.[1]
The cornerstone was set in the Woodland Christian Church on October 29, 1922. The first services were held February 17, 1924 but the building was not dedicated until April 5, 1925.[2]
[1] Woodlands Historic District, National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form, OMB No. 1024-008 (Exp 12/31/84) prepared by Bettie L. Kerr, Historic Resources Administrator. Obtained from the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government Office of Historic Preservation, Item 7:8; See also, Trader 2008, 47.
[2] Ibid. Trader 2008, 47
The center bays are recessed behind the portico which consists of paired and single Doric-style Bedford Stone columns atop brick piers with entablature topped by a blind-arch pediment.
A parapet at the top of the building repeats the arch over the center bay. A cornice, set below the parapet edge, has large block modillions.
Terra cotta decorative motifs serve as “keystones” between paired windows on the outside bays, flanking the portico.
A terrace of stone steps (now concrete) leads to the main auditorium.
The entrances to the modified “Akron Plan” auditorium are on either side of the recessed central bays.[1]
The cornerstone was set in the Woodland Christian Church on October 29, 1922. The first services were held February 17, 1924 but the building was not dedicated until April 5, 1925.[2]
[1] Woodlands Historic District, National Register of Historic Places Inventory—Nomination Form, OMB No. 1024-008 (Exp 12/31/84) prepared by Bettie L. Kerr, Historic Resources Administrator. Obtained from the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government Office of Historic Preservation, Item 7:8; See also, Trader 2008, 47.
[2] Ibid. Trader 2008, 47