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SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
SECOND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. On August 26, 1855 seventeen persons - seven men and ten women - were formed Second Presbyterian Church. (1)
Second Church held service for almost a year in the Methodist and Congregational buildings. A brick building was erected at 13th and Locust and dedicated in 1859, shortly before the CIVIL WAR. Only the first floor was finished. (2) On November 28, 1865 the bell for the church arrived in Dubuque. Weighing 2,800 pounds, it was the largest in the city at the time. (3) The sanctuary was completed in 1869. (4)
On December 31, 1903, First and Second Presbyterian churches merged to establish WESTMINSTER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. (5)
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3. "New Bell," Dubuque Herald, November 29, 1865, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18651129&printsec=frontpage&hl=en