National Register of Historic Places
First Presbyterian Church
Bridgewater, McCook County, South Dakota
The record
- Listed
- December 11, 2013
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 351 N. Poplar, Bridgewater
- County
- McCook
- State
- South Dakota
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 43.55357, -97.50192
- Reference number
- 13000917
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The story
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First Presbyterian Church is a brick church at 351 N. Poplar in Bridgewater, McCook County, built in 1928 in the Prairie School style by architects Walter J. Dixon and Floyd Kings.
Why it's listed
It was listed in the National Register in 2013 under criterion C and Criteria Consideration A, with state-level significance in architecture, reflecting the 1928 construction that also sets its period of significance.
Physical character
Its brick walls, laid in stretcher bond with soldier-course banding and a brick-bonded cross, sit on a concrete foundation; the roof's asphalt shingles were replaced in 2004. Square piers and a concrete canopy mark the entrance, and inside the choir loft and original cabinetry survive alongside stained glass windows dedicated to Rev. A.C. McCauley.
Historical context
Bridgewater was called Nation City in 1880 before becoming McCook County's seat that year and incorporating in 1885. The congregation organized in 1881 and built its first church in 1883; after a 1926 Main Street fire and the church's own 1928 fire, the present brick church was dedicated that November. It closed after its last service in 2011; Cory Tschetter, and then Michael and Sue Stahl, bought it in 2012, and at the time of its listing it was used as a warehouse.