First Presbyterian Church Bridgewater, South Dakota
National Register of Historic Places Data
First Presbyterian Church has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places with the following information, which has been imported from the National Register database and/or the Nomination Form. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- National Register ID
- 13000917
- Date Listed
- December 11, 2013
- Name
- First Presbyterian Church
- Part of
- N/A (Multiple Property Submission)
- Address
- 351 N. Poplar
- City/Town
- Bridgewater
- County
- McCook
- State
- South Dakota
- Category
- building
- Level of Sig.
- state
- Areas of Sig.
- ARCHITECTURE
Description
Text courtesy of the National Register of Historic Places, a program of the National Parks Service. Minor transcription errors or changes in formatting may have occurred; please see the Nomination Form PDF for official text. Some information may have become outdated since the property was nominated for the Register.
The First Presbyterian Church in Bridgewater, McCook County is significant statewide under Criterion C for Architecture as a rare example of a Prairie Style church building in South Dakota. The former church meets Criterion Consideration A for Religious Properties because of its architectural significance. The 1928 First Presbyterian Church exemplifies the Prairie aesthetic of emphasizing the horizontality of the landscape and creating a balanced design through spatial massing instead of extensive ornamentation. Architect Walter J. Dixon worked with Floyd Kings on substantial Prairie School and then Art Deco designs in the region around their headquarters in Mitchell, South Dakota, but this design was a product from a four-year period during which they had parted ways. The exterior architectural design retains excellent integrity to its date of construction. On the interior, there have been alterations in the finishing surface materials, but historic layout with a large open auditorium, woodwork that includes heavy panel doors, hardware, and lighting fixtures remain.
