First Presbyterian Church of Steele is a historic church at Mitchell Ave. N and First Street in

Steele, North Dakota Steele is a city in Kidder County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Kidder County. The population was 665 at the 2020 census. Although they bear the same name, the city of Steele is not in Steele County. History Steele wa ...

. It was built in 1922 and added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

in 2004. The congregation's first church had been destroyed by a tornado, and its second church, a brick one, was built in 1887. This was destroyed in a fire on April 1, 1921. It was designed by Minneapolis architect

Harry Wild Jones Harry Wild Jones (June 9, 1859 – September 25, 1935) was an American architect based in Minneapolis who designed throughout the country and the world. Born two years before the start of the American Civil War, Jones, a twelfth-generation New Eng ...

, who was a student of H. H. Richardson, in Richardsonian Romanesque style. Its NRHP nomination in 2004 noted that the church's exterior stucco, its interior finishes and furnishings, and its "many priceless stained glass windows have been carefully maintained over the years" by the small congregation. With .

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Presbyterian churches in North Dakota Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in North Dakota Churches completed in 1922 National Register of Historic Places in Kidder County, North Dakota 1922 establishments in North Dakota {{NorthDakota-church-stub