Westminster Presbyterian Church - Cedar Rapids, IA
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WalksfarTX
N 41° 59.082 W 091° 39.185
15T E 611576 N 4648955
This is a beautiful hundred year old church.
Waymark Code: WMPXT5
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2015
Views: 1
Information from the Church website:Westminster Presbyterian Church was established on May 27, 1855 as the Presbyterian Church of Cedar Rapids and was located in Daniels Hall, a commercial building on First Avenue. The congregation built a church on 3rd Avenue and 3rd street during the summer of 1858. The name of the church was changed to Second Presbyterian Church in 1868. The church was expanded and remodeled in 1872. By 1903 Second Presbyterian Church leaders decided it was time to move out of the crowded business section of the city and into the suburbs. Ground was broken for the new location April 30, 1904. The new church in a new location adopted a new name, Westminster Presbyterian Church.
The Magdalene Tower of Westminster was modeled after the tower at Oxford College, England. Some of the stained glass windows were moved from Second Presbyterian Church. A beautiful new addition to the stained glass windows in the church, The Road to Emmaus, was created by the artist Heinrich Hofman.