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First Presbyterian Church

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1886. 1949, additions. 1016 Cooper Ave.
  • (Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division)

The oldest church in town, this lovely eclectic chapel has a stone foundation rising two feet out of the ground to meet the flared skirts of a shake shingle superstructure. The stark interior has exposed rafters and a contemporary altar.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
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Thomas J. Noel, "First Presbyterian Church", [Glenwood Springs, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-GF10.

Print Source

Buildings of Colorado, Thomas J. Noel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 482-482.

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