Government Street Presbyterian Church is one of the oldest and least-altered Greek Revival

Greek Revival architecture

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...

 church buildings in the United States

United States

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. The architectural design is by James Gallier

James Gallier

James Gallier was a prominent New Orleans architect.He was born James Gallagher in Ravensdale, County Louth, Ireland in 1798. He worked in England during his early career, designing the Godmanchester Chinese Bridge which crosses a mill stream of the River Great Ouse in 1827, and then working on the...

, James Dakin, and Charles Dakin. The trio also designed Barton Academy

Barton Academy

Barton Academy is a historic Greek Revival school building located on Government Street in Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was under construction from 1836 to 1839 and was designed by architects James H. Dakin, Charles B. Dakin, and James Gallier. Gallier and the Dakin brothers also designed...

, four blocks down Government Street

Government Street (Mobile, Alabama)

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 to the west. Government Street Presbyterian reflects the influences of Ithiel Town

Ithiel Town

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, Minard Lafever

Minard Lafever

Minard Lafever was an influential American architect of churches and houses in the United States in the early nineteenth century.-Life and career:...

, and Andrew Jackson Downing

Andrew Jackson Downing

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. It was declared a National Historic Landmark

National Historic Landmark

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 in 1992.
The Government Street Presbyterian Church congregation was formally organized in 1831.