Eads Community Church

	Eads Community Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	The church in 2013.
Location	110 E. 11th St., Eads, Colorado
Coordinates	38°28′56″N 102°46′51″W / 38.4821°N 102.7807°W
Architectural style	Jacobean Revival
NRHP reference No.	13000606
Added to NRHP	August 20, 2013

The Eads Community Church is a historic church in Eads, Colorado. It was deemed significant for its Jacobean Revival architecture and as Kiowa County, Colorado's "oldest, largest, and best-preserved religious building."^[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.^[1]

History

By 1920, Eads was one of only four towns in Kiowa County to have a church. Eads residents determined that they needed a larger church building in 1920, one that could also serve as a community center to host sporting events. Pueblo, Colorado architect William White Stickney submitted designs for the structure in 1920. Projected to cost $35,000, Eads struggled to raise the necessary funds during construction. The town was only about to collect 24% of the promised $30,754 in cash, labor, and materials from residents. Community officials decided that construction would finish on the church basement, which extended to the first floor. Amid the Dust Bowl and Great Depression plans to complete the building were put on hold for decades.

In 1949, resident William T. Holland presented cost-effective plans to complete the church. In January 1951, the project resumes. Pueblo architect John James Wallace, Jr. was tasked with designing the rest of the church. The first services in the completed church were held on October 28, 1951. The building extension provided seating for 220 people. In 1969, the congregation became affiliated with the United Methodist Church, which continues to worship in this building.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "National Register of Historic Places Program: Eads Community Church". August 2013.
^ R. Laurie Simmons and Thomas H. Simmons (February 1, 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Eads Community Church / Eads Methodist Church/First Methodist Church/First United Methodist Church/5KW.170" (PDF). National Park Service.

[program-1] "National Register of Historic Places Program: Eads Community Church". August 2013.

[nrhpdoc-2] R. Laurie Simmons and Thomas H. Simmons (February 1, 2013). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Eads Community Church / Eads Methodist Church/First Methodist Church/First United Methodist Church/5KW.170" (PDF). National Park Service.

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