Walnut Springs Baptist Church - New Sanctuary

Walnut Springs Baptist Church filed a TDLR registration in November 2024 for the construction of a new 10,395 sq ft worship facility at 152 4th Street in Walnut Springs. The project, identified in the filing as the New Sanctuary, includes a foyer and classroom building. The estimated cost for this new construction is $500,000, which works out to $48 per square foot.

The design of record is attributed to ARRIVE Architecture Group. The registered accessibility specialist for the project is Grady Gammons. The filing indicates a construction start date of December 2025 and a target completion date of January 2026. Because the completion date listed in the public record has passed, the status of the physical build is not confirmed by the registration data alone.

According to the TDLR record, no plan review or inspection has been recorded since the initial registration. This means the public database does not confirm whether the construction proceeded as scheduled or if the building is finished. The project is privately funded and located on private land for private use. The owner of record is the church itself, with no separate developer listed.

Local Construction Context

In Bosque County, new construction projects registered with TDLR have a median estimated cost of $1,050,000 and a median size of 10,500 sq ft. The Walnut Springs project is smaller in cost than the county median, placing it in the bottom quarter of registered filings for this type. Its scheduled build window of 32 days is also shorter than the county median of 274 days. The cost per square foot of $48 is below the county median of $112 per square foot. These figures are computed from 32 TDLR-registered new construction filings in the county.

ARRIVE Architecture Group has other registered projects in Texas, including developments in Temple, Dallas, and Frisco. The firm’s portfolio includes projects with total values ranging from $500,000 to over $80 million. In the immediate area, another registered project in Walnut Springs involves sidewalk construction. The local area, defined by ZIP code 76690, has a population of about 1,280 according to U.S. Census estimates. The median household income in this ZIP code is $43,958, and the median owner-occupied home value is $151,700.