St. Paul Lutheran Church (Davenport, Iowa)

St. Paul Lutheran Church is located in central, Davenport, Iowa, United States.

The church's original property, which subsequently housed other Protestant congregations, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983,[1] but has since been torn down.

The present complex was built in 1952 and contains two buildings that are contributing properties in the Vander Veer Park Historic District.

A year later he started organizing First German Evangelical Lutheran Zion Church and a building was erected in 1866.

Theological disagreements erupted within the congregation and the pastor and a group of parishioners left to form Trinity German Evangelical Lutheran Church in 1869.

[3] Property had been acquired in Green's second addition to the city of Davenport by the trustees of the First English Lutheran Church.

On April 1, 1891, Snyder ended his pastorate at St. Paul's to assume a charge at Council Bluffs, Iowa.

E. F. Bartholomew, from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, preached the dedication sermon in the morning and Rev.

It featured a simple rectangular form with a steep pitched front-gabled roof, buttresses, and a large pointed-arch window on the main façade.

[4] The rather plain brick exterior was punctuated with gothic-arched windows that were enhanced with narrow hood molds.

The Georgian Revival home was designed by the Davenport architectural firm of Temple and Burrows.

It and another small house along Lombard Street are contributing properties in the Vander Veer Park Historic District.

In 1952 a new sanctuary was built in the Georgian Revival style on the corner of Lombard and Brady Street.

Peter Marty and reflects the existing Georgian Revival style of the church's complex.

The architect for the project was Groth Design Group of Cedarburg, Wisconsin and Estes Construction of Davenport was the main contractor.

Wood craftsman Jay Stratton, glass sculptor Mark Fowler, and custom metal worker Mike Boyler created the altar, pulpit, and sanctuary cross.

[6] Media related to St. Paul Lutheran Church (Davenport, Iowa) at Wikimedia Commons

1952 church
The house on Lombard Street.