Central Congregational Church, 36th and Harney, Omaha, Neb.
Description
Color postcard (13 1/2 x 8 1/2 cm) artist's rendering depicting a car traveling in front of First Congregational Church, 36th & Harney Streets, Omaha, Nebraska. The church is red brick and has a central bell tower between two larger sections.
This impressive structure was built in 1918 at 36th & Harney Streets. The style is modified English Gothic. Its walls are face-brick trimmed with stone. The sanctuary is a vaulted Gothic structure able to seat 870 people. The church organ is an Aeolian Skinner, said to be the finest in Omaha. The parish hall also has an organ. First Central Congregational is the only church in town to have two organs. The jewel window on the east wall was designed by Charles Jay Connick in 1919. Composed of blue and deep reds, the window shows a Byzantine influence and is said to resemble a window in the Chartres (France) Cathedral. Source: Omaha Public Library's Omaha History Clipping Files.
