First Congregational Church, Former (Sioux City, Iowa)
Fresh from his triumph with the Woodbury County Courthouse in collaboration with George Grant Elmslie, and drawing on lessons learned during that collaboration, Steele built the church in 1916–1918. This church and the courthouse are the only two Prairie style buildings that are known to have a dome.
It was built for a Congregational church that had been established in Sioux City back in 1857, replacing a more traditional church that had burned down in 1916. In 1966, that congregation built a new structure on Hamilton Boulevard. First Congregational Church sold the building to Sioux City Baptist Church c. 1968. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 under that name. In 2009, Sioux City Baptist Church acquired a building on Viking Drive. Most recently, the building has become the Iglesia Evangelica Pentecostes Principe de Paz (Evangelical Pentecostal Church of the Prince of Peace), with services in Spanish aimed at the local Hispanic community.
Due to the need for extensive building restoration and maintenance, the structure has been named to endangered building lists by at least two historic preservation groups.
See also
- William L. Steele
- Prairie School
- Hartington City Hall and Auditorium
- Woodbury County Courthouse
- Unity Temple
- Stewart Memorial Presbyterian Church
- St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ S.J. Klingensmith. "Sioux City Baptist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved 2017-11-18. with photos
- ^ "Where we started". Sioux City Baptist Church. Retrieved 2017-11-18.