A 4"x6" nitrate negative, photograph of the exterior of the First Congregational Church, David City, Nebraska. A 1-1/2 story, wood-sided, gable-roofed, white building with iron-railed cement steps leading up to the double entry doors and wall sign with projecting overhang, bell tower with steeple, three adjoining windows in the front with an arched stained glass window above, smaller double-hung window to the side and flagpole in front, sitting on a corner lot surrounded by lawn, large trees, sidewalks and streets on two sides.
Thorpe Opera House Foundation/Boston Studio Project
Local Accession Number
00S0581000t
Source
Original format: 4"x6" nitrate negative from the Boston Studio Project collection.
Historical Notes
The parish was originally established in Savannah township in 1869, in the first established settlement and county seat incorporated in Butler County in 1868. When the county seat was moved to the current site of David City in 1878, the parish moved as well. The church was built in 1879 and enlarged in 1904. Fire damaged the church in 1916 but it was rebuilt. It merged with the First Christian Church and is now known as the First Congregational-Christian Church and remains an active parish.
