![]() The left panel represents Jesus as planes and a halo and a goblet of wine and the right panel represents the fish and bread that were shared. Triangular stained glass panels, titled "The Miracle of Changing Water into Wine," tell the story of the feeding of 5,000, when Jesus and his disciples fed a crowd of thousands with just a small amount of bread and fish and turned water into wine. Brett Coomer/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 11 of21 Boynton Chapel would have been one of Chase's earliest clients in the 1950s, when few outside of the Black community would have hired him. Chase, the state's first Black licensed architect. Show More Show Less 10 of21ĭavid Bush, executive director of Preservation Houston, walks in the Boynton Chapel sanctuary in front of a wall of stained glass panels designed by John S. Brett Coomer/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 9 of21Ĭarroll Harris Simms, who helped found the art department at Texas Southern University, designed the stained glass panels in the foyer of Boynton Chapel Methodist Church. This one is of the biblical Adam, and brown glass was used for his skin color. Sculptor Carroll Harris Simms designed the very modern stained glass panels in the church's foyer. Brett Coomer/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 8 of21 ![]() This panel is part of the story of the feeding of 5,000 and represents the hand of God leading Jesus to feed a large crowd with a small amount of bread and fish. Dan Hardy, HP staff / Houston Chronicle Show More Show Less 7 of21 It recently became a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark. In 1957 Chase, the first licensed Black architect in Texas, designed what is now the Boynton Chapel Methodist Church. Brett Coomer/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 6 of21 White fretwork separates the back of the sanctuary from a fellowship hall behind it. Brett Coomer/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 5 of21 Panels of plywood were applied accordion style in the sanctuary's pulpit, behind pews for the church choir. Brett Coomer/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 4 of21 The church now is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, which helps open the door to foundation grants and tax credits for work it needs to do. Linda Davis poses for a portrait in the sanctuary of Boynton Chapel Methodist Church. Brett Coomer/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 3 of21 Its foyer stained glass panels were designed by Carroll Harris Simms, a renowned sculptor who helped launch the art department at Texas Southern University. ![]() The church was designed in 1957 by John S. Brett Coomer/Staff photographer Show More Show Less 2 of21Įmily Ardoin, preservation services director, Preservation Houston, left, and David Bush, executive director, walk into Boynton Chapel Methodist Church. There are just 85 recorded state landmarks in Houston. Boynton Chapel Methodist Church on Milby Street, already a City of Houston Protected Landmark, is now a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.
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