First Presbyterian Church (Wetumpka, Alabama)

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United States historic place


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

The building as it appeared in 2010.
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Location	100 West Bridge Street Wetumpka, Alabama
Coordinates	32°32′21″N 86°12′31″W / 32.53917°N 86.20861°W / 32.53917; -86.20861
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1856
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
Demolished	2019
NRHP reference No.	76000324
Added to NRHP	October 8, 1976

First Presbyterian Church was a historic Presbyterian church building and congregation at 100 West Bridge Street in Wetumpka, Alabama, United States. The Carpenter Gothic structure was built by a local builder in 1856 at a cost of $2,300. It featured a Gothic Revival exterior and a Greek Revival interior. The finished building was dedicated on June 14, 1857. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Notable past members included the secessionist Congressman William Lowndes Yancey and Alabama's 11th governor Benjamin Fitzpatrick. The Wetumpka Light Guard departed for service in the Confederate States Army from the church's lawn in 1861. Following the American Civil War, Senator John H. Bankhead was married here to Tallulah James Brockman.

The historic church building was destroyed by an EF2 tornado on January 19, 2019. On January 22, 2019, Pastor Jonathan Yarboro stated that the first step will be to salvage anything that is left and that the congregation is committed to rebuilding the church as it was before the storm.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Floyd, W. Warner; Ellen Mertins (June 1, 1976). "First Presbyterian Church". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 10, 2014. Retrieved March 10, 2014.
Wetumpka suffers significant damage after tornado, The Wetumpka Herald, January 19, 2019, retrieved January 20, 2019
First Presbyterian Church destroyed, pastor reflects, WSFA News 12, January 20, 2019, retrieved January 21, 2019
Damaged Church Prepares to Rebuild, Alabama News Network, January 22, 2019, retrieved January 23, 2019

External links

Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AL-656, "Wetumpka Presbyterian Church, West Bridge & North Bridge Streets, Wetumpka, Elmore County, AL", 10 photos, 3 data pages
Historical Marker Database

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