Fairmount Congregational Church
Fairmount Congregational Church is located in Kansas
Fairmount Congregational Church
Fairmount Congregational Church is located in the United States
Fairmount Congregational Church
Location1650 N. Fairmont, Wichita, Kansas
Coordinates37°42′55″N 97°17′48″W / 37.71528°N 97.29667°W / 37.71528; -97.29667
Arealess than one acre
Built1910
ArchitectWilliam R. Stringfield
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.06000963[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 1, 2006

The Fairmount Congregational Church in Wichita, Kansas was a historic church at 1650 N. Fairmont. Its building was built in 1910 and added to the National Register in 2006.[1]

It is Richardsonian Romanesque in style. When it was built in 1910, its south wing incorporated an earlier church on the site, the Mayflower Congregational Church, which had been built in 1887 and had been moved to this site in 1907.[2]

In 2019, after years of declining attendance and deferred maintenance, the congregation closed.[3] In 2020, the building was sold to a developer who intended to turn it into a nonprofit community center.[4] In 2022, efforts to dispose of the building's stained glass windows were blocked by local authorities.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Kathy L. Morgan; Jeanne deGrasse; Barbara Hammond; George Platt (July 23, 2006). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fairmount Congregational Church / 173-5880-3389". National Park Service. Retrieved December 28, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Cameron, Kylie (December 30, 2022). "Fairmount Congregational ends its more than 100 year history as a community, worship space". KMUW Wichita 89.1. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  4. ↑ Kellerman, Shelby (November 16, 2020). "Historic Fairmount church has a new owner who has plans to turn it into a community center". Wichita Business Journal. Retrieved August 6, 2023.

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