Churches
This section is included because it shows the wealth and opulence illistrated
in the architecture of the towns churches. If you have a historic or vintage
pic of your church or an old town church that is gone now from the ca.1800s,
send it to me and I will post it here.
click to their site 
Gas & Electric sconce Gas & Electric Chandelier A nice picture showing the United Church, as it appeared just after being built circa 1899. Even today this building retains its rare and lovely gas & electric chandelier and sconces in the sanctuary. The turret on the west side fell off during a War Bonds parade during WW2. The rumbing of the tanks caused it to fall. |
First
Baptist Church, Greenfield St.click to their site A little Baptist History etc.
Here is the Presbyterian Church with a caption "Shooting a Well" This church was dedicated in ca.1890. This was a rare gusher after that date. Looks like the well sat somwhere on the site of the present Post Office. |
This picture shows all 5 Churches
at the turn of the century. |
Original English Church (ca. 1904) Click here for the rebuilding of this church |
Christ Church (ca. 1904) |
This
picture shows a church down in the flats where no
buildings exist today. This area anually floods every spring and is
probably why these buildings never lasted. Notice the Fairbank and Gillespie
Mansions on the hill St. Phillips Roman Catholic Church (right) click to their site |
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All of these pics and more are from my own collection and from our contributors. If you would like to become a contributor, I just need a few minutes to scan what you have.
Email Martin at martyd@ebtech.net