St. Peter's First Community Church

{{short description|Historic church in Indiana, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = German Reformed Church

| nrhp_type = cp

| nocat = yes

| image = St. Peter's First Community Church in Huntington.jpg

| caption = St. Peter's First Community Church, May 2012

| location = 202 Etna Ave., Huntington, Indiana

| coordinates = {{coord|40|52|40|N|85|29|38|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Indiana#USA

| built = {{Start date|1903}}

| architect = Stevens, Will A.; Lamont, Robert V.

| architecture = Late Victorian, Eclectic

| added = April 11, 1985

| area = {{convert|1|acre}}

| refnum = 85000724{{NRISref|version=2010a}}

}}

St. Peter's First Community Church, also known as the German Reformed Church and St. Peter's United Church of Christ, is a historic church located at Huntington, Huntington County, Indiana. It was built in 1903, and is a red brick and limestone church building with an eclectic plan and Late Victorian design elements. It features a two-tiered central tower with angled buttresses, tall and narrow openings, and topped by a steep pyramidal bell-cast roof. Its stained glass windows include German language texts and an image of Christ's ascension.{{Cite web|last=Hess|first=Zen|date=June 2, 2021|title=What is Beauty for? A Congregation Rediscovers Sacred Space?|url=https://www.christiancentury.org/article/first-person/what-beautiful-church-building|access-date=2021-06-27|website=The Christian Century|language=en}} The building was designed by Will A. Stevens, a Huntington native who graduated from Cornell University in 1890.{{cite web| url = https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/welcome.html| title = Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD) | publisher = Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology | format = Searchable database| accessdate = 2016-04-01}} Note: This includes {{cite web| url =https://secure.in.gov/apps/dnr/shaard/r/1e976/N/German_Reformed_Church_Huntington_CO_Nom.pdf| title = National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: German Reformed Church| accessdate = 2016-04-01| author=Robert H. Diffenbaugh| date=May 1982}} and Accompanying photographs.{{rp|5–6}}

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. It is located in the Drover Town Historic District.