First Presbyterian Church, Leavenworth


  • Address: 407 Walnut St
  • Travel Genus: Sight
  • Sight Category: Building

First Presbyterian Church, Leavenworth, is a Classical Revival edifice built in 1907-09 at 407 Walnut Street overlooking downtown Leavenworth, Kansas. The stretcher-bond brick building features an Ionic portico on the main east elevation on Fourth Street, light-colored stone trim, and a two-story education wing with a bowed south end. The principal windows are contained in round-arch openings, some with pilastered inner surrounds. Exterior alterations have included the addition of the second story to the education wing in the 1930s, the addition and then removal of a belfry, and the addition of buttress-like concrete shores on the north side elevation in 1959. The interior is dominated by the sanctuary with its barrel-vaulted ceiling supported by massive arched spans. The principal decorative treatments are the six large stained glass windows in the sanctuary and the many smaller stained glass windows elsewhere. Several windows were made by Lamb Studios; at least one was made by Tiffany Studios. Movable partitions allow some spaces to be combined or subdivided; historically the entire interior could be opened up this way. A corridor on the first floor of the education wing provides access to a radiating suite of classrooms. First Presbyterian Church, Leavenworth, occupies a parcel of just over a half acre in extent. The church stands in an urban setting surrounded by important institutional buildings including the Leavenworth County Courthouse and the Carnegie Library, both listed in the National Register. - NRHP, 1 November 2006


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Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1909/00/00 Tiffany Studios Artisan Christ's Come Unto Me stain glass window is installed in the First Presbyterian Church, Leavenworth.
1909/00/00 J and R Lamb Studio Artisan 2 Stain glass windows, Nativity and the Resurrection, installed in the First Presbyterian Church
1909/01/03 William Pratt Feth Architect First Presbyterian Church is dedicated, built 1907-1909
1909/01/03 R B Yoakum Contractor First Presbyterian Church is dedicated, built 1907-1909

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Particulars for First Presbyterian Church, Leavenworth:
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Area of Significance Art
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style Neoclassical
Owner Private
Historic Use Religious Property



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 11th January 2006

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: First Presbyterian Church, Leavenworth
Registry Address: 407 Walnut St.
Registry Number: 05001515
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Feth, William Pratt; et.al.
Architectural Style: Classical revival
Contributing Buildings: 1
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: Local
Area of Significance: Architecture, Art
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Religious property
Significant Year: 1907, 1909
Historic Function: Religion
Historic Sub-Function: Religious structure
Current Function: Religion
Current Sub-Function: Religious structure

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