2102-2104 Central Ave., First Church of the United Brethren (now Faith Apostolic Church), 1986

Description:	2102-2104 Central Ave., First Church of the United Brethren (now Faith Apostolic Church), 1986 Yes First Church of the United Brethren (now Faith Apostolic Church)2102-2104 Central Avenuec. 1896This Romanesque Revival church has had numerous congregations of differing faiths owning and worshiping in it. Originally constructed c. 1895 for the First Church of the United Brethren, the property was transferred to the Board of the House Missions of the Reformed church of the U.S. in 1905. In 1910, it became the Central Avenue Reformed Church, and in 1923, was sold to the Central Hebrew Congregation, which occupied the building until 1958. The Central Hebrew Congregation was established in March 1923 by Orthadox Jews from the south side. Central Hebrew was located n the center of the middle-class Jewish north-side. In 1970, the building belonged to the First United Evangelical Church, but transferred within the year to the Faith Apostolic Church, which remains the current owner.This brick-veneered church is covered with stucco and some windows are altered or filled in with brick. The building has a hipped roof with a projecting front gable and an octagonal corner bartizan tower with a conical roof. There is a group of four, arched windows with stone sills on the north side. The front facade has a large round-arched central stained-glass window with wooden tracery. There is a shed roof, stuccoed concrete-block addition on the south facade, built between 1915 and 1954.Herron-Morton Place Historic Area Preservation Plan, 1986 church
Origin:	1986
Source:	http://iuidigital.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/HT/id/2415
Collection:	Indianapolis Historic Preservation Commission Image Collection
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Copyright:	In Copyright
Geography:	Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana, United States, http://sws.geonames.org/4259418/, 39.76838, -86.15804
Subjects:	Architecture--Indiana--Indianapolis Built environment Historic districts Romanesque Revival

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