First Christian Church

Description:	Drawing of the First Christian Church by Juliet A. Peddle, Terre Haute Architect and Artist. First Christian Church in Terre Haute. Drawing by Juliet A. Peddle, Terre Haute Architect and Artist.The FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH in Terre Haute was located on the east side of South Fourth Street between Ohio and Walnut streets. Records show that the church was organized on June 28, 1841, with four evangelists present, John OKane, William brown, William Tichenor and M. R. Trimble who I believe was their leader. There were 20 members of this first church, and they held their meetings in such available halls as were open to church groups until they were able to build their own church building.This first church was constructed in 1846 and served the congregation until 1867 when their expanding needs called for a larger building. This was built on Mulberry Street just east of Sixth Street and is now the bookstore of the Indiana State Teachers College. The church occupied this building until 1911. The present church was constructed at that time at the corner of Seventh and Mulberry streets.The above illustration is based on a drawing in the border of the map of 1854 and represents the church as it was at that time. Though not as large as some of the other church buildings of the day, it had rather nice simple lines in the Greek revival style, and was quite characteristic of the time in which it was built.
Origin:	01/01/2005
Contributor(s):	Peddle, Juliet, 1899-1979
Source:	http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/rose/id/819
Collection:	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Logan Library
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/
Copyright:	Copyright Undetermined
Subjects:	Architectural drawings Architecture Churches Architecture Religion

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