Union Sunday School (Clermont, Iowa)
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Union Sunday School is an historic building located in Clermont, Iowa
Clermont, Iowa
Clermont is a city in Fayette County, Iowa, United States. The population was 716 at the 2000 census. Clermont is home to Montauk, the mansion of former Iowa governor William Larrabee, along with much historic architecture...

, United States
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. It was built in 1858 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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 in 1974. Initially the building housed Clermont Presbyterian Church, which was organized in 1857. It became a non-denominational church, which maintained the town’s first library in 1880. That congregation has since disbanded. The building continues to house the pneumatic Kimball organ
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, which was given to the church as a gift from Anna Larrabee, the daughter of Iowa Governor William Larrabee
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. She served as the church organist for many years. The instrument is still played in concerts.
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