First Presbyterian Church of Salt Lake City

The First Presbyterian Church of Salt Lake City was founded in 1873. It was built in 1903 and the red sandstone building is a landmark on South Temple Street. It has beautiful stained-glass windows.[1]

First Presbyterian Church of Salt Lake City
40.769756°N 111.880230°W / 40.769756; -111.880230
Location371 E. South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah
CountryUnited States
DenominationPresbyterian
Websitefpcslc.org
History
Founded1873
Architecture
Architect(s)Walter E. Ware
Architectural typeGothic Revival
Years built1903
Completed1905

Walter E. Ware designed the Gothic Revival structure, with its low square tower and patterned on the cathedral church of Carlyle, England. The exterior was built of locally quarried red butte stone with hard stone trim. First occupied in 1905, the congregation substantially enlarged, renovated, and modernized it in 1956. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is also Entry No. 323 on the American Presbyterian/Reformed Historic Sites Registry."[2]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 as a contributing building in the South Temple Historic District.

References
  1. "First Presbyterian Church".
  2. "First Presbyterian Church, Salt Lake City, Utah". Retrieved January 12, 2020.
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