First Presbyterian Church is a historic church at 110 Church Avenue in

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, United States. It was designed by Walter A. Holbrook of

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and built in 1893. The style is Richardsonian-Romanesque, with a complex, irregular profusion of turrets, chimneys and towers resembling Richardson's early libraries, meant to suggest it had been gradually added onto over many years. The exterior is red brick with stone trim. The interior normally seated 500 people, but could be expanded by raising doors to other rooms. A

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and office were added in 1905. The building was added to the

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in 1974, based on its architecture.

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* Churches in Winnebago County, Wisconsin Presbyterian churches in Wisconsin Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Churches completed in 1893 Romanesque Revival church buildings in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Winnebago County, Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-Presbyterian-church-stub