1st Baptist Church/Norwegian & Danish church/Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints

Architectural Tour of Clinton

1st Baptist Church/Norwegian & Danish church/Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints

Clinton, Iowa 52732, United States

Created By: Matt Parbs

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1st Baptist Church/Norwegian & Danish church/Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints (Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints). 311 South 3rd Street; 1958.A small, frame, one-story church, it has a new foundation of concrete blocks. The exterior siding and asphalt roofing shingles are also new. The building was moved to this location in 1869 from 620 South 4th Street. Although moved, altered, vacant and with new exterior finishes, the church still exhibits Gothic Revival Style features such as the pointed arched windows. The building was the church for the 1st Baptist congregation from 1858 to 1874, it then became the home of a succession of denominations, starting in 1874--and the Norwegian Lutherans alone after 1876. It became the house of worship for the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints in 1905.

This point of interest is part of the tour: Architectural Tour of Clinton


 

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