<First Presbytarian Church>
333 West Colfax Avenue
- Date: 1953
- Style: Church
- Architect: Harold A. Waggoner
- District: Downtown Historic Registry
Under the leadership of Horatio Chapin and William Stanfield, the Presbyterian Church of South Bend was founded in 1834. The church first met in a log school house on the present site of the Century Center. The nursery of the church was located in Chapin's Dry Goods Store. In 1836, near the site of the present-day Tower Building, a small framed church was erected. Then in 1887, a stone edifice was constructed across Lafayette Boulevard, which still stands today. 1951 was the year the cornerstone for the current First Presbyterian Church was laid, with construction completed in 1953. Architect Harold A. Waggoner designed the present building and won two design awards for this project in 1953.
