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Falls City church being offered to city as donation

By John Nixon

02/06/2025

(KLZA)-- The Falls City Council tabled action Monday evening on an offer from the First Presbyterian Church at 20th and Harlan Street to donate the building and select personal property to the city.

Church representative John Martin told the Council that the congregation has decided to close the church, with the final service scheduled for March 30, 2025.

Martin said last fall, two insurance companies valued the building at about $2 million. The personal property that would be included in the donation would have a value approaching $75,000.

City Administrator Anthony Nussbaum said that an existing community committee that is evaluating the former Rivoli Theater building on Stone Street for a community building for the arts has not had a chance to do a walk through of the church at this point, and that he feels the committee should look at the building and make a recommendation to the Council.

Martin said the congregation believes the spaces in the building would provide the city with opportunities for the performing arts, conferences, and many other uses and could help expand Falls City's reputation as a City of Art.

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