Old North Church (Sierra Madre, California)

It is located on the north side of the current Sierra Madre Blvd at Hermosa.

In 1890 Sierra Madre Blvd was a dirt street called Central Avenue.

The Old North Church is closely linked with the early settlement of Sierra Madre.

Sierra Madre Congregational Church started as a Sunday School class in February 1882.

The following years the Church met in the original City Hall at the corner Baldwin and Central Ave (Sierra Madre), then the original city library (1889), located at the current library site.

Construction of the new building started in 1926 with Pritchard Hall and was completed in 1928 with the new sanctuary dedicated on June 17, 1928.

[5] The 1928 Church building is also a Sierra Madre designated historical landmark, as site #39.

The original ONC bell tower was built with a barn shaped roof, modeled after a Dutch church in Holland.

[17][18] In February 1881, Nathaniel Carter purchased the original 1103 acres that comprised the new city of Sierra Madre.

The bell was used for Sunday services and funerals, but also had a civic duty, to alert the all-volunteer Fire Department.

The original 1904 Pastor's parsonage house was on the north side of Central Avenue (about 127 W. Sierra Madre Boulevard), but as the city grew the house was now on a busy street, so in 1923 the parsonage was moved to Hermosa, just south of the main Church building.

and the circular west window is "Christ the Teacher," that was given by the Women's Society and dedicated all the children of Sierra Madre.

The first Candlelight Procession was led by Pastor Bob Vander Zaag of Bethany Church and Rev.

Sierra Madre Congregational Church
Sierra Madre Historic Landmark #49
Architect: Marsh, Smith, & Powell
Construction started: 1925
Construction completion: 1928
Total Cost: $80,000
*Pritchard Hall and Admin building $40,000
*Sanctuary $35,000
*Furniture $5,000
Architectural style: Romanesque Revival
Across the Street from Old North Church