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First Christian

First Christian
First Christian

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121 Walnut St
Evansville, IN

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1948 First Christian built replacing old church that burned
2012 Gathering Church

Location

South corner of 2nd St and Walnut St
District: Riverside
Latitude: 37.968595
Longitude: -87.571995
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History

First Christian Church, the old Walnut St Presbyterian, was destroyed by fire destroyed by fire dec 10 1944 rebuilt 1948 colonial revival new sanctuary built on same spot but several created new east side church weinbach and baryard proposed new first christian ecp 4/21/46 +sketch - http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:EANX-NB&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=14BE4C1EFAECDAA8&svc_dat=HistArchive:ahnpdoc&req_dat=0F92E9E8E118A68E first christian church built 1948 121 christian church first

1960 social hall and ed building expansion 1960

planned to move to outer lincoln "plaza park christian church" fccevv.com

moves to new building at 2845 beaumont dr on NE side 2011

gathering Church purchased old church Dec 2012 also 1 on 1 church


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See also

First Christian Church - website
Press article: Church plans to observe 100th year (5/27/1967)
CourierPress article: First Christian Church ready to move (9/2/2011)
Gathering Church - website
HistoricEvansville.com: Churches / Religion
HistoricEvansville.com: Riverside district

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