First Evangelical Church, Portsmouth, Ohio

Title

First Evangelical Church, Portsmouth, Ohio

Subject

First Evangelical Church

Description

colored image of church building at 701 Fifth (5th) Street showing the 1915 educational wing addition. This building was dedicated in 1887 as the German Evangelical Church. The church banned the German language in 1918 and became the First Evangelical Church. In 1963 the education unit was replaced with a more modern wing which houses a child daycare. The group has been known as the Evangelical United Church of Christ since 1956.

Creator

photo by Cook

Date

1915

Format

8.5 cm x 13.5 cm postcard

Coverage

Portsmouth, Scioto County, Ohio

Rights

Scioto County Public Library

Publisher

H. A. Lorberg