Cañon City in Fremont County, Colorado — The American Mountains (Southwest)

First Presbyterian Church

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 7, 2020

1. First Presbyterian Church Marker

Inscription. This property has been
placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1902.

Location. 38° 26.566′ N, 105° 14.323′ W. Marker is in Cañon City, Colorado, in Fremont County. It is at the intersection of Macon Avenue and 7th Street on Macon Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 701 Macon Avenue, Canon City CO 81212, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Colorado’s Arkansas River Valley

and in Pikes Peak Region.

It is also in the American Mountain West.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Rocky Mountains,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Comanchería

and also the Republic of Texas.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: St. Cloud Hotel (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hotel St. Cloud (about 400 feet away); Ward/Graves Hospital Building (about 400 feet away); First United Methodist Church / Christ First Community Church (about 500 feet away); Samuel H. Atwater House (about 700 feet away); Between the Bars (about 700 feet away); Christ Episcopal Church (about 700 feet away); General Jos. H. Maupin (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cañon City.

Regarding First Presbyterian Church. The church, founded in 1872, also has been known as United Presbyterian Church. It is no longer used for services, as the congregation was dissolved

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in 2017. A nonprofit called the Historic Church Conservancy of Fremont County was created to operate and care for the church building as a special-events center.

Also see . . . Cañon City’s United Presbyterian Church congregation to dissolve after 150 years. From Cañon City Daily Record. Posted Nov. 18, 2017. (Submitted on July 18, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)

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via NPS, July 11, 2021

2. First Presbyterian Church

National Register of Historic Places: Digital Archive on NPGallery website entry
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First Presbyterian Church entrance image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 7, 2020

3. First Presbyterian Church entrance

Marker is to the left.

First Presbyterian Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, July 7, 2020

4. First Presbyterian Church

View from across Macon Avenue.

Credits. This page was last revised on July 11, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 18, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 399 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 18, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. 2. submitted on July 11, 2021, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3, 4. submitted on July 18, 2020, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.