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First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro

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District
  
Salem Presbytery

State
  
North Carolina

Phone
  
+1 336-373-0445

Territory
  
Synod of Mid-Atlantic

Website
  
[1]

Groundbreaking
  
1927

First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro

Location
  
617 N Elm St, Greensboro, North Carolina, United States 27401

Affiliation
  
Presbyterian Church USA

Address
  
617 N Elm St, Greensboro, NC 27401, USA

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

Similar
  
Greensboro Historical Museum, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Buffalo Presbyterian Church a, West Market Street Uni, Our Lady of Grace Catholic

First Presbyterian Church is a historic Presbyterian church located in the Fisher Park Historic District of Greensboro, North Carolina.

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History

First Presbyterian Church was founded in 1824 and was the first chartered Presbyterian church in the city. The church has occupied four buildings in its history. The first three were located at Church Street and Summit Avenue north of the city center. The third building on that site, a Romanesque Revival style brick structure, now houses the Greensboro Historical Museum. In 1929 First Presbyterian Church moved into its fourth and current building, a Gothic Revival cathedral overlooking Fisher Park.

Recent pastors

  • Dr. John A. Redhead began a 25-year pastorate in 1945. Dr. Redhead also spoke on the Protestant Radio Hour and Armed Forces Radio.
  • Dr. Joseph B. Mullin served from 1971 to 1988. The church's Mullin Life Center is named in honor of Dr. Mullin.
  • Dr. Jerold D. Shetler served from 1988 to 1998.
  • On January 1, 2001, Dr. Sidney F. Batts became the church’s eleventh pastor.

    • Notable parishoners

  • Janet Kay Ruthven Hagan, U.S. Senator from 2009 to 2015
  • Thomas W. Ross, president of the University of North Carolina system from 2011 to 2016
  • Mary Bonneau McElveen-Hunter, businesswoman and socialite, former U.S. Ambassador to Finland
  • John Motley Morehead, 29th Governor of North Carolina
  • William Cunningham Smith, Former Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • Robert Paine Dick, United States District Court Justice
  • William Crosby Dawson, U.S. Congressman
  • John Adams Gilmer, U.S. Congressman

    • References

    First Presbyterian Church of Greensboro Wikipedia
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