First Presbyterian Church (Sallisaw, Oklahoma)

The First Presbyterian Church in Sallisaw, Oklahoma was created from the merger of a Cumberland Presbyterian Church, which had been founded in 1898, and a Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. The original building for the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, built in about 1903, had a steeple and a bell and its pastor during 187890456 to 1910 was "Uncle Jim" McDonald, or J.A. McDonald. Angus McDonald, his son, wrote of his father in the story "Old McDonald Had a Farm". The church burned in about 1916.[2]

First Presbyterian Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	120 S. Oak St., P.O. Box 417 Sallisaw, Oklahoma
Coordinates	35°27′27″N 94°47′17″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1918
Built by	J.T. Fineton & Son/H.P. Culp
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	03000096[1]
Added to NRHP	March 7, 2003

The new merged church's building at 120 S. Oak Street(mailing address: PO Box 417) in Sallisaw was built in 1918. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[1] It was built using plans modified from those of another First Presbyterian Church building completed in 1916 in Van Buren, Arkansas. It was built at cost of $17,500 and has a dome about 40 feet (12 m) tall.[2]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. John E. Lane (December 10, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First Presbyterian Church". National Park Service. Retrieved June 1, 2017. With photos.