1891 - First Christian Church - Martinsville, Indiana - Dated Buildings and Cornerstones on Waymarking.com

"First Christian Church, 89 South Main Street, Gothic Revival, 1891, and Annex, Tudor Revival, 1927.

The brick Christian Church has a cross-gabled roof and a cruciform plan. It features a square belltower with pyramidal roof topped by a cross at the southwest corner. The lancet, or pointed arch, stained glass windows have brick lintel courses with stone keystones. Buttresses with stone caps are found at the building's outside corners. The elevated main entrance is in the tower; originally there were two entrances, but the west entrance has been filled. The oversize door is paneled wood. A Bennett pipe organ was installed in 1894- 1895.

In 1927, the Tudor Revival style Annex was constructed on the lot north of the church. It is connected to the Church. Faced with Oriental brick, a product of the Martinsville Brick Company, the annex consists of two stories over a full basement. It has a limestone belt course above a concrete foundation, a limestone watertable below the cornice and stone caps on the north chimney. The main elevation faces west and features an entrance in a limestone pointed arch opening. Steel casement windows are four-over-eight double-hung sash, with the exception of a large window in the center of the front facade. This large ornamental window raises two stories, with two six-over-twenty-four windows (one on each story) separated by a limestone panel carved with four pointed arches.

The First Christian Church was erected in 1891, a year in which the congregation numbered 400 members, including some of the wealthiest persons in the city. The congregation prepared for its 100th anniversary in 1991 with the complete restoration of the pipe organ." - Historic District Nomination Form

Year of construction: 1891 Cross-listed waymark: [Web Link] Full inscription: Erected 1891 Organized 1835

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