First Unitarian Universalist Church
Established in 1833 by Rev. Dr. Theodore Clapp, a Congregationalist minister who served as pastor until 1856. The church became Unitarian in 1837.
The first church building, known as the Strangers' Church, could hold more than 2,000 worshippers and was the former First Presbyterian Church located on St. Charles Street near Gravier Street, erected in 1819 by William Brand, architect-builder.
After the first building burned in 1851, the Unitarians constructed an octagonal church designed by John Barnett, architect. This church was called the Church of the Messiah and was located on St. Charles Street near Julia Street.
In 1902 the congregation moved to Peters Avenue (renamed Jefferson Avenue in 1924) at South Rampart Street (renamed Danneel Street in 1910) and built a Gothic Revival church designed by Robert Spencer Soulι, architect. The congregation replaced the structure with a Modernist building by architect Albert C. Ledner in 1958.
In 1994 the congregation moved to this building,
constructed as the
First Evangelical and Reformed Church,
designed by architect Carl L. Olschner,
and originally dedicated in 1951.
Erected 2015
this page online
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures.
Location. 29° 56.466′ N, 90° 6.565′ W. Marker is in New Orleans, Louisiana, in Orleans Parish. It is in Uptown/Carrollton. It is on South Claiborne Avenue (U.S. 90) near Jefferson Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2903 Jefferson Avenue, New Orleans LA 70115, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s River Parishes. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, on the Gulf Coast, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other
Credits. This page was last revised on February 12, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 11, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 504 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 11, 2020, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana.
