1st Methodist Church #1, Upland, CA (1912-1913)

AKA: 1st Methodist Episcopal Church, Upland, CA; First Methodist Episcopal Church, Upland, CA

Structure Type: built works - religious structures - churches

Designers: Orr, Robert Hall, Architect (firm); Robert Hall Orr (architect)

Dates: constructed 1912-1913

click to open gallery Exterior view of the 1st Methodist Church, Upland, c. 1912; from the University of Southern California. Libraries, California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
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Overview

The Southwest Contractor and Manufacturer reported that Robert Hall Orr was preparing plans for the 1st Methodist Church, Upland, CA. (See "1st Methodist Church Notice," Southwest Contractor and Manufacturer, 06/22/1912, p. 25, col. 1.) Orr was well-known for his design of churches in Southern CA during the first decades of the twentieth century.


Building Notes

Historian Catherine Westergaard kindly sent me information on this church in an email 05/17/2011.



PCAD id: 16519

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