First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro

First Presbyterian Church, Greensboro

First Presbyterian Church, located in Fisher Park, is a real architectural masterpiece. Inspired by the Cathedral of Albi in France, it was designed by architect Hobart Upjohn in the Gothic style and erected in 1928. Its most notable element is the rose stained glass window, which symbolizes the sacred concept of harmony and completeness. Its vibrant Sunday morning services are accompanied by organ and choir music
Image Courtesy of Wikimedia and Warren LeMay.

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First Presbyterian Church on Map

Sight Name: First Presbyterian Church
Sight Location: Greensboro, USA (See walking tours in Greensboro)
Sight Type: Religious

Walking Tours in Greensboro, North Carolina

Create Your Own Walk in Greensboro

Create Your Own Walk in Greensboro

Creating your own self-guided walk in Greensboro is easy and fun. Choose the city attractions that you want to see and a walk route map will be created just for you. You can even set your hotel as the start point of the walk.
Greensboro Introduction Walking Tour

Greensboro Introduction Walking Tour

Before the arrival of Europeans in this part of North Carolina, the present-day area of Greensboro was inhabited by the indigenous (Siouan-speaking) Saura people, who called it "an unbroken forest with thick undergrowth of huckleberry bushes, that bore a finely flavored fruit."

Quaker migrants from Pennsylvania, by way of Maryland, arrived here in about 1750. They bought land from...  view more

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 3.6 Km or 2.2 Miles
Greensboro Downtown Statues and Monuments Walk

Greensboro Downtown Statues and Monuments Walk

The birthplace of renowned author O Henry, Greensboro, North Carolina, also holds the distinction of harboring the genesis of the American Civil Rights Movement. Both these facts are commemorated in public artwork. Other esteemed personalities and notable chapters in the city's history also find reflection in a plethora of monuments and statues throughout Downtown.

Among these landmarks,...  view more

Tour Duration: 2 Hour(s)
Travel Distance: 2.7 Km or 1.7 Miles