The First Congregational Church, known as the Old Stone Church, was built in 1877 on the site of J. B. Grinnell's original Congregational Church. It was demolished in 1951.
Title
First Congregational Church
Alternative Title
Northeast corner of Fourth Avenue and Broad Street
Alternative Title
Old Stone Church
Alternative Title
United Church of Christ
Index Date
1923
photographed
1923
Publisher
Grinnell College
Note
Erected in 1877, the building cost $26,000 without furniture. This was the first church organized in Grinnell, and J. B. Grinnell was the founding pastor.
Provenance
Gift of John Kleinschmidt, 1997
constructed
1877
demolished
1951
Topic
Architecture--United States
Topic
Protestant church buildings
Geographic
Grinnell (Iowa)
Geographic
Poweshiek County (Iowa)
Temporal
Nineteen twenties
Related Item
John Kleinschmidt Collection
Related Item
Poweshiek History Preservation Project
Related Item
Digital Grinnell
Genre
Photographs
Extent
1 photograph, b&w, 25 x 20 cm
Media Type
image/tiff
Digital Origin
digitized other analog
Language
English
Identifier (local)
grinnell:3287
Identifier (hdl)
http://hdl.handle.net/11084/3287
Physical Location
Grinnell College Libraries Special Collections
Shelf Locator
MS 39, Series 3 Photographs, Box 2: Commercial
Access Condition
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