First Presbyterian Church

The Presbyterian Church in Alliance was organized in 1854, and had its first building on E. Prospect Street in 1858 and a second in 1893. The First Presbyterian Church Building at 405 E. Market Street, is a complex made up of the 1904 church building, a 1950 addition, and the 1965 education wing. The church is a Late Gothic Revival style brick building, designed by the Cleveland architects Searles & Hirsh, who also designed Glamorgan Castle and the Transue House. It features a cross-gabled plan with large Gothic style stained glass windows. Three of the large central windows were incorporated into the Church's new building when the congregation relocated to Beech Street. The spaces where these windows had been are now plain glass.

The Presbyterian Church in Alliance was organized in 1854, and had its first building on E. Prospect Street in 1858 with a second in 1893. The First Presbyterian Church Building at 405 E. Market Street, was built in 1904. The church is a Late Gothic Revival style brick building, designed by the Cleveland architects Searles & Hirsh, who also designed Glamorgan Castle and the Transue House. It features a cross-gabled plan with large Gothic style stained glass windows. Three of the large central windows were incorporated into the Church's new building when the congregation relocated to Beech Street. The spaces where these windows had been are now plain glass.

The church building committee included prominent citizens of the day: J. H. Sharer, Col. W. H. Morgan, A. B. Love, J. W. Hull, John Bracher, and Reverend R. A. Carnahan. The first pledge was given by the Ladies' Aid Society's president Mary Sourbeck in the amount of $1,000. The building was dedicated on December 11, 1904.

A Parish House was added in 1950 to the south and a modern two-story education wing was added to the east in 1965. The wing is connected to the 1904 building with an arched breezeway.

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Wandersleben, Jeanne D. Presbyterians in Alliance, Ohio, 1955-2004. [Alliance, Ohio, 2004]

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. "Alliance East Main Street Historic District." 2017.