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Paonia First Christian Church

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Paonia First Christian Church
Paonia First Christian Church is located in Colorado
Paonia First Christian Church
Paonia First Christian Church is located in the United States
Paonia First Christian Church
Location235 Box Elder Ave., Paonia, Colorado
Coordinates38°52′05″N 107°35′39″W / 38.86806°N 107.59417°W / 38.86806; -107.59417
Arealess than one acre
ArchitectHester, J.K.
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No.11000218[1]
Added to NRHPApril 27, 2011

The Paonia First Christian Church, at 235 Box Elder Ave. in Paonia, Colorado, was built in . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2011. It has also been known as Paonia Christian Fellowship.[1]

A local history website describes it:

The Paonia First Christian Church is an excellent example of Romanesque style church as interpreted by local craftsmen. The building, along with several other churches, is in the heart of the residential area of Paonia, which has a long-standing religious identity marked by the high density of churches in the small town. The building is constructed of regularly coursed, rusticated sandstone with distinctive architectural features such as the round, three-story, crenellated tower with a graduated buttress.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Local Paonia History Corner". Retrieved November 7, 2018.M
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