First Presbyterian Church and Manse is a historic

Presbyterian Presbyterianism is a historically Reformed Protestant tradition named for its form of church government by representative assemblies of elders, known as "presbyters". Though other Reformed churches are structurally similar, the word ''Pr ...

church building and

parsonage A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of a given religion, serving as both a home and a base for the occupant's ministry. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, pa ...

at 1160–1180 Cedar Street in

Forsyth, Montana Forsyth is a city in and the county seat of Rosebud County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,647 at the 2020 census. Forsyth was established in 1876 as the first settlement on the Yellowstone River, and in 1882 residents named the ...

. The property was listed on the

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in 1990. The church building was designed by architect

Howard Van Doren Shaw Howard Van Doren Shaw American Institute of Architects, AIA (May 7, 1869 – May 7, 1926) was an architect in Chicago, Illinois. Shaw was a leader in the American Craftsman movement, best exemplified in his 1900 remodel of Second Presbyteria ...

Prairie School Prairie School is a late 19th and early 20th-century architectural style, most common in the Midwestern United States. The style is usually marked by horizontal lines, flat or hipped roofs with broad overhanging eaves, windows grouped i ...

style and was constructed in 1920. It has also been known as Federated Church. The manse was built in 1910 and is a second

contributing building In the law regulating historic districts in the United States, a contributing property or contributing resource is any building, object, or structure which adds to the historical integrity or architectural qualities that make the historic distr ...

on the property. A 1940-ish garage was deemed non-contributing. With .

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana Presbyterian churches in Montana Prairie School architecture in Montana Churches completed in 1920 Houses in Rosebud County, Montana Howard Van Doren Shaw church buildings National Register of Historic Places in Rosebud County, Montana 1910 establishments in Montana {{Montana-Presbyterian-church-stub