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First Evangelical United Church of Christ

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Area
  
less than one acre

Architectural style
  
Gothic architecture

NRHP Reference #
  
94001104

Added to NRHP
  
23 September 1994

First Evangelical United Church of Christ

Location
  
111 Fifth St., Aurora, Indiana

Built
  
1848 (1848), 1911, 1932-1934

First Evangelical United Church of Christ, also known as the Fifth Street Church and German Reformed Church, is a historic United Church of Christ church located at 111 Fifth Street in Aurora, Dearborn County, Indiana. It was originally constructed in 1848 as a Greek Revival style Baptist church. It was remodeled in 1911 in the Gothic Revival style. It is a one-story, red brick building measuring 40 feet, 6 inches, wide by 60 feet deep. It features arched openings and a projecting front tower topped by an octagonal spire. A parish hall was added to the church between 1932 and 1934. It is the oldest church building in Aurora.

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. It is located in the Downtown Aurora Historic District.

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First Evangelical United Church of Christ Wikipedia