NRHP Reference # 03000099 Added to NRHP 7 March 2003 | Built 1907 Opened 1907 | |
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Similar Frederick Parkinson House, Cobb Building, John W Gibson House, Koweta Mission Site, St James Episcopal Church | ||
The First Presbyterian Church was built in 1907 and is located just one block west of the current downtown business district in Coweta, Oklahoma. The building was added to the NRHP in 2003.
History
The First Presbyterian Church was built in 1907. By 1908 the building was closed due to the roof falling inward. However the roof was fixed and a year later it was re-opened. By 1918 there were 34 members of the church. Around the 1950s-60s the church was closed and abandoned. The building is no longer used as a church, and in 1972 became the Mission Bell Museum. The building is now home to all kinds of historic memorabilia, and the 36 original church pews.
The chandelier in the center of the room was supposedly brought by boat down the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and up the Arkansas River in the spring of 1907. Supposedly, the whole town turned out to meet the boat when it arrived at Coweta landing. The chandelier has since been wired, and rewired, for electricity.