First Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana

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First Christian Church in Columbus, Indiana is a landmark modernist church building, renowned as one of the earliest and most influential examples of modern architecture in American religious design.

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First Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian church
church building
landmark
modernist building
architect Eliel Saarinen
architecturalFeature asymmetrical composition
flat roofs
horizontal window bands
large rectangular tower
minimal ornamentation
associateArchitect Eero Saarinen
client First Christian Church congregation
constructionStartYear 1940
country United States of America
denomination Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
surface form: Disciples of Christ
floorCount 2
hasFunction community gathering space
place of worship
hasPart church tower
courtyard
education wing
fellowship hall
reflecting pool
sanctuary
hasSeatingCapacity approximately 900
hasTowerHeight approximately 166 feet
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
heritageDesignationDate 2001
influenced postwar American church architecture
landscapeArchitect Dan Kiley
listedOn National Register of Historic Places
locatedIn Bartholomew County, Indiana NERFINISHED
Columbus, Indiana
Indiana
material brick
stone
near Bartholomew County Courthouse
Columbus City Hall
notableFor early use of modern architecture in American church design
influential modern religious architecture
integration of architecture and landscape
NRHPListingDate 2001
NRHPType building
partOf modern architecture heritage of Columbus, Indiana
religion Christianity
streetAddress 531 5th Street, Columbus, Indiana
style International Style
Modernist architecture
yearCompleted 1942

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Eliel Saarinen notableWork First Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana
Eliel Saarinen designed First Christian Church, Columbus, Indiana