In 1957, when the pastor of Boynton Chapel Methodist Church was looking for a larger facility, the congregation of the church in Houston’s Third Ward settled on a young Black architect to design it. John Saunders Chase, who would have turned 100 this year, was the first licensed Black architect in Texas and preached the […]
Author Archives: James Russell
James Russell is a writer in Fort Worth covering writing about art, the built environment, religion, and Texas politics, primarily in Texas. He was a full-time staff writer at the Dallas Voice before going freelance full-time. He writes for The Architect’s Newspaper, Arts and Culture Texas, D Magazine, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Landscape Architecture Magazine, Quorum Report, Religion News Service, Texas Architect and Texas Signal. Apartment Therapy would describe his apartment as “an eclectic, art-filled home."