First Methodist Church (Rock Rapids, Iowa)

First Methodist Church
Location 302 S. Carroll St.
Rock Rapids, Iowa
Coordinates 43°25′45″N 96°10′19″W / 43.42917°N 96.17194°W / 43.42917; -96.17194Coordinates: 43°25′45″N 96°10′19″W / 43.42917°N 96.17194°W / 43.42917; -96.17194
Area less than one acre
Built 1895 (1895)
Architect Joseph Schwartz
Architectural style Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque
NRHP Reference # 78001244[1]
Added to NRHP June 23, 1978

First Methodist Church (United Methodist Church) is a historic church at 302 S. Carroll Street in Rock Rapids, Iowa.

It was built in 1895.[1] The pipe organ was ordered from the Hinners Organ Company of Pekin, Illinois in January 1905 at a cost of $1,960 (equivalent to $52,000 in 2015).[2][3] The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  3. "Local Brevities". Rock Rapids Reporter. January 12, 1905. Retrieved April 11, 2016.


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