New Church, Educational Units Are Big Projects Here For '72
First Church of the Nazarene . . . and its adjoining properties extend a half of the block west from the church proper. Building plans are now underway to replace the church itself with a new edifice and ample Christian Education facilities. Many of the Sunday school sessions are now held in the visible home located west of the church. The overall plans will also provide ample offstreet parking.
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Construction of the new sanctuary of First Church of the Nazarene, Twenty-sixth Street and Avenue A, is well under way. A construction crane this week put arches and purlins in place which will support the roof. The Rev. A.D. Foster, pastor of the church, was unexpectedly caught in action assisting Alozo Sapp, a lumberyard delivery man, unload lumber. The pastor said the $300,000 project is a couple of months behind schedule, but he believes the room will be enclosed within a few weeks. An Easter, 1978 completion date is expected.
Snow, especially on the roof of the new First Church of the Nazarene sanctuary, is slowing its completion. Even so, an early spring completion is still their goal. As soon as the roof of the structure is again free of snow, volunteers of the congregation will work evenings under lights to continue installation of eave trim so that shingling can begin on the roof's south slope. Contractors are now working on the inside of the building, applying ceiling sheet rock, and church volunteers are following up by filling the 10-inch space between the ceiling and the roof with fireproof cellulose.
First Church Of Nazarene To Hold Opening Day Sunday
Standing At The Entrance . . . of the new sanctuary of First Church of the Nazarene at Twenty-sixth Street and Avenue A, is the Rev. A.D. Foster. The pastor and his family, the members and visitors will enter the church Sunday in units to worship together in celebration of opening day.
Adjusting Crosses . . . that adorn the wall behind the pulpit of First Church of the Nazarene chapel is the Rev. A.D. Foster, designer and builder of the religious symbol wall piece. With him is Ms. Donna Mower, church secretary.
Rev. George Rice, who came to Council Bluffs (then Kanesville) in 1851, and William Simpson, a Methodist missionary, who was succeeded by Rev. Moses F. Shinn, owned jointly the first non-Mormon church and school building. It was a hewn log house at 234-236 West Broadway. In 1853 Rev. Mr. Rice organized the Congregational Church and erected a log church building at Pierce Street and Glen Avenue. In 1854 a substantial brick church was built on the present site occupied by The Nonpareil. A church bell was shipped by boat from Boston and placed in the church. The bell is now in use at the Dodge Memorial Congregational Church. A second church was built in 1870 at Sixth Street and Seventh Avenue but was blown down. It was rebuilt. The present church building on First Avenue near Sixth Street was constructed in 1910. Rev. Harvey Adams came to Council Bluffs in 1860 as the second pastor of the church.
Daily Nonpareil July 26, 1936 Daily Nonpareil April 18, 1953
The First Congregational Church . . . at 611 First Ave., since 1891. However, the present edifice had four predecessors.
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Congregationalist Group To Observe Centennial Tuesday
Founding Site . . . for Southwestern Iowa Association of Congregational Christian Churches and Ministers 100 years ago was the log cabin home and church of the Rev. G.G. Rice in Council Bluffs.
Congregational Church Installs New Pipe Organ
Getting The Feel . . . of the new pipe organ at First Congregational Church is Mrs. T.A. Sheil, church organist, as the Rev. Harold Davenport watches over her shoulder.
Broadway Viaduct...has already carried thousands of vehicles over the railroad tracks. [looking west from 8th Street]
Newly planted trees, shrubs and flower beds decorate the city's newest and smallest park. It occupies the east edge of the Viaduct parking lot at Eighth and Broadway. The camera points toward the Eighth and Broadway intersection.
Looking west from north side of Broadway and the viaduct, at about 8th or 9th Street. Land is cleared, with small mounds of dirt dotting the strip of land.
Crisis is Carter's fault; Gov. Brown says
Blasting President Carter...for his lack of leadership and "disastrous" foreign policy, California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr., predicted in Council Bluffs Friday a wide open race for the Democratic nomination. Nonpareil photo by Jim Ebert.
Brown, Jr, Edmund G. "Jerry" Governor California
Crisis is Carter's fault; Gov. Brown says. January 6, 1980 Brown candidacy 'not withdrawn.' January 18, 1980 Jerry Brown to campaign in Bluffs. January 8, 1992 Brown brings campaign to Bluffs; Urges United States to redirect its focus on domestic issues. January 11, 1992
First Federal To Unveil New $300,000 Building - Open House Saturday And Sunday . . .
New First Federal Building . . . is a beehive of activity as workmen put finishing touches to $300,000 structure at Main St. and Broadway. Glass, brick . . . give the building a distinctive ultra modern appearance.
First Federal Savings & Loan Association
First Federal Savings & Loan Association, Council Bluffs, Iowa October 1958
1st Federal Sells Building To Bank; Plans A New Structure - Several Business Sites Involved
These Three Buildings . . . will come down to make room for a building to house First Federal Savings and Loan Association. Five buildings to right of Herman's Clothes Shop will be razed and the land used for parking.
White Georgian Marble . . . covers the vaulted columns of the new $1.5 million plus First Federal Savings and Loan Association building that opens this weekend. Recessed lighting from the top accents gold-stainless steel fins which offset full-length bronze-tinted glass panels.
A steady flow of curious Council Bluffs citizens circulated through the sparkling new First Federal Savings and Loan Association building during the first day of its open house Saturday. President Einer Juel was on hand to show people one of his new offices that overlooks Main Street and Broadway.
Juel's Daughter Contributes Art To First Federal
A Scene Near Lake Tahoe . . . is the subject of the painting inspected by Mrs. Mary Ruffcorn, A First Federal employee. The painting hangs in the president's second-floor office and was created by his daughter.