First Bible Missionary Church

	First Bible Missionary Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
MPS	Davenport MRA
NRHP reference No.	83002429
Added to NRHP	July 7, 1983

The former First Bible Missionary Church, located in the West End of

Congregational Church

.

History

The Congregational Church established a congregation in Davenport in 1839 as First Congregational Church and in 1861 it was reorganized as Edward's Congregational Church. The denomination was never large or broad-based in the city and was supported in part by the American Home Mission Society.^[2]

In 1857 the German Congregational Church was founded with a handful of members. They merged with Bethlehem Congregational Mission in 1909 and formed Berea Congregational Church. Berea was the congregation that built this structure. In 1964 Berea merged with Sunnymead Evangelical and Reformed Church and became Faith United Church of Christ. They occupied the Sunnymead facility in northwest Davenport.

Protestant

congregations.

Architecture

The church building is constructed of

palladian-like arrangement of the windows on the east side, all of which suggests Neoclassicism

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Svendsen, Marlys A.; Bowers, Martha H. (1982). Davenport where the Mississippi runs west: A Survey of Davenport History & Architecture. Davenport, Iowa: City of Davenport. p. 11.4.
^ "Our History". Faith United Church of Christ. Retrieved 2010-12-06.
^ Martha Bowers; Marlys Svendsen-Roesler. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: First Bible Missionary Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-03-18. with photo

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[Svendesen-2] Svendsen, Marlys A.; Bowers, Martha H. (1982). Davenport where the Mississippi runs west: A Survey of Davenport History & Architecture. Davenport, Iowa: City of Davenport. p. 11.4.

[3] "Our History". Faith United Church of Christ. Retrieved 2010-12-06.

[Bowers-4] Martha Bowers; Marlys Svendsen-Roesler. "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: First Bible Missionary Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2015-03-18. with photo

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