The Provo Community Congregational Church at 175 N. University Avenue, Provo, Utah County, Utah, is significant under Criterion A in the areas of Religion and Social History, and Criterion C for Architecture. The period of significance is 1924-1972, which starts at the date of completion of construction for Meno Trope Hall, runs through the completion of construction of the addition in 1957, and up through fifty years before the year of nomination. The Provo Community Congregational Church retains all seven aspects of integrity: location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association. Under Criterion A, the Provo Community Congregational Church is significant for its leadership role in the Protestant religious history of Utah County for more than a century. The Church and its Building has served as a central venue for those of the Protestant faiths in the area. Secondly, under Criterion A, the Church is significant in the area of Social History for its community role in providing social and civic activities including one of the first Boy Scout troops in the Intermountain West and the first Girl Scout troop in Provo. It also offered free health and social welfare programs, including the first Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in Provo. Lastly under Criterion A, the Church is significant in the area of Education, providing the first free Kindergarten in Provo. Free schooling continued a legacy of the New West Education Commission, a free education movement supported by the Congregational Church in the west that resulted in the construction of 33 schools in Utah with students of all faiths attending. With its landmark character of two styles – Spanish Colonial Revival and International – the Provo Community Congregational Church is significant under Criterion C in the area of Architecture. Meno Trope Hall was designed by New York City architects Holmes & Von Schmid while the addition was designed by Provo architect Claude S. Ashworth. The exterior of both building sections exhibit very few major alterations from their original construction, with the exception of replacement windows and door awnings in Meno Trope Hall. The interior of the addition exhibits very few major alterations from its original construction. The auditorium of Meno Trope Hall continues to have its original configuration and character, while the ground floor of the Hall has experienced modernizing renovations. The stark contrast of styles represents the changing demands of religious worship and the desire of a non-majority religion to attract members and the community through a signature work of architecture with a comfortable character.
