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With a $12,000 grant from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Coppin Chapel will soon see some improvements.
-Messenger photo by Elijah Decious
With a $12,000 grant from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs, Coppin Chapel will soon see some improvements.
Fort Dodge’s historic Coppin Chapel will soon see some improvements thanks to a grant from the Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs.
On Monday, the department announced a $12,084 grant for the First Avenue South church. Built in 1894 as St. Olaf Norwegian Lutheran Church, the building has served congregants of the African Methodist Episcopal Church since 1919. The grant will be used to hire a preservation architect to assess its condition and develop a plan for rehabilitation.