First United Presbyterian Church | |
View from the southeast | |
Location | 104 E. 4th Street, Madison, Nebraska |
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Coordinates | 41°49′38″N 97°27′15″W / 41.827263°N 97.454077°W |
Built | 1914 |
Architectural style | Romanesque Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 08001134[1] |
Added to NRHP | Dec. 3, 2008 |
The Historic Presbyterian Community Center, formerly the First Presbyterian Church, is a former church building in the city of Madison, in the northeastern part of the state of Nebraska, in the Midwestern United States.
The building was constructed in 1914 to serve a Presbyterian congregation. It remained in service until 2007, when the dwindling of the congregation made it impossible to continue supporting the building as a church. It was then acquired by a local nonprofit organization, which uses it for concerts, plays, art exhibits, and other community events; it is also used for events such as weddings and funerals.
The building was designed in a Romanesque Revival architectural style. Its interior was configured according to the Akron plan, a scheme for laying out Sunday-school rooms that was in widespread use through much of the final third of the 19th century. Because of its exterior and interior design, it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places, under the name First United Presbyterian Church.