Reformed Presbyterian Church - Winchester, Kansas I went to Reformed Presbyterian Church in Winchester, Kansas because the grave of John Steuart Curry is in Reformed Presbyterian Cemetery behind the church. When I saw how attractive the church was, I stopped to photograph the church first, and someone who was leaving invited me to come in and photograph the inside. It is simple, but very attractive and has nice stained glass windows. John Steuart Curry is the artist whose best known work is "Tragic Prelude," a mural in the Kansas State House. His grave stone is flat and would be easy to miss in a short row with other family members, but there is an upright stone with the family name and listing the individual members. I am a little surprised that the grave of such a well known Kansan isn't marked more prominently. The church and the cemetery were founded in 1868. The present building was constructed in 1903 and was built to hold approximately 300 people. The Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America is a conservative denomination which was formed in North America in 1738. It has about 100 congregations and 7,000 members. In the 1930s the Winchester congregation had the largest communicant membership (about 220) in the denomination.
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