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Show NFS Form 10~900a (Rev. 8-86) Utah Word Processor E'ormat (02741) Approved 10/87 0MB No. 1024-0018 United States Department of the Interior National Park Service NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES CONTINUATION SHEET Section number 8 Page Green River Presbyterian Church Green River, Emery County, Utah overwhelmingly Mormon, so there were relatively few Protestant churches, usually only one per community (except in the larger cities). No single denomination had enough congregants to justify the expense of a building and minister, so ecumenical community churches were the practical solution. Affiliations with the sponsoring institutions were maintained for a number of years (e.g. Green River Presbyterian Church, Magna Community Baptist Church), but they usually became weaker with time. Most of the congregations eventually became nondenominational community churches. Notes l"Financial Report of Building Committee of First Presbyterian Church of Green River, Utah, October 18th, 1907." Copy available in National Register file, Utah State Historical Society. Though the $1000 is listed on the financial report as a "grant," there is some indication that it actually may have been a mortgage. See "Start of Green River Church," Deseret_JNjejws, October 21, 1972, p. 10 section A. 2 Ibid. Also Green River Dispatch, October 24, 1907. Though this newspaper is not extant, a photocopy of the article describing the dedication is available in the National Register file, Utah State Historical Society. 3Green River Dispatch, October 24, 1907. |
