Central Presbyterian Church

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Walk across Chapel Street along South 3rd Street to find the Central Presbyterian Church. Construction began on the church in 1857 when work was underway on the Ohio Statehouse. The Romanesque Revival building was completed in 1859 at a cost of $70,000. The original 200 foot tall north spire was destroyed in a windstorm in 1887 and was replaced with a concave roof similar to the original south tower. The church’s tall towers were used to dry firemen’s hoses in the 19th century. The stained glass over the west entrance is attributed to Ludwig Von Gerichten, a church member and owner of the Von Gerichten Art Glass Company in Columbus. The building was associated with the Beecher family when Harriet Beecher Stowe’s father Lyman came to Columbus to plead to the Presbyterians that they not become Congregationalists (as his own son had done in Brooklyn). Lyman Beecher has often been called the last Puritan for his views on predestination. The congregation recently sold the building to CAPA

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132 S 3rd St, Columbus, Ohio, 43215
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