First United Presbyterian Church (Sterling, Colorado)

Coordinates: 40°37′25″N 103°12′37″W / 40.62361°N 103.21028°W

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First United Presbyterian Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


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Location	130 S. 4th St., Sterling, Colorado
Coordinates	40°37′25″N 103°12′37″W / 40.62361°N 103.21028°W / 40.62361; -103.21028
Area	less than one acre
Built	1919
Architect	J.C. Fulton
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	82002304^[1]
Added to NRHP	June 3, 1982

The First United Presbyterian Church in Sterling, Colorado is a historic church at 130 S. 4th Street. Its present building was built in 1919 and was added to the National Register in 1982.^[1]

It has a monumental two-story portico with four fluted, Ionic columns. The portico is flanked by engaged brick pilasters and is topped by a cornice-boxed pediment.^[2]

The church was first organized in 1878, in a sod schoolhouse in a homestead colony about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northeast of Sterling.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Robert H. McCaffree (November 20, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First United Presbyterian Church / First Presbyterian Church". National Park Service. Retrieved August 30, 2018. With accompanying photo from 1979

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