First Christian Church - Tabernacle Church of Christ

building type

church

involved parties

Eliel Saarinen (architecture)

address

United States of America
country
Indiana
state
Bartholomew County
county
Columbus
city
531 5th Street
street

map/aerial view

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time line

period	description
1940–1942	planning and construction period
2002	Erweiterung durch Paris/Bingham Partnership, Corp.

description

text

The First Christian Church, completed in 1942, was the first contemporary building in Columbus and one of the first churches of contemporary architecture in the United States. The geometric design is one of direct simplicity. The materials, exterior and interior, are mostly buff brick and limestone. A tapestry, »The Sermon on the Mount« designed by Eliel Saarinen and his wife, Loja, hangs on the west wall.