The Alexandria M. E. Church (now First United Methodist Church of Alexandria) dedicated this building in September of 1902. The next year it was gutted by fire and had to be restored.
Many glass factories located in Madison County during the Gas Boom Era (1887-1915); most left quickly. The Penn-American Plate Glass Company in Alexandria was one of the longer-lived businesses. In 1912, it employeed 470 workers.
The Lippincott Glass Chimney Factory had located in Alexandria by 1894, when it is first listed in the city directory. It was a steady employer of 400-600 people until the early 1920's. Efforts to save the business failed and it went into...
Built in 1899 for the First Congregational Church, this building was purchased in 1909 by the Alexandria Baptists and was home to the First Baptist Church of Alexandria until 1992, when the church moved to its new building on State Road 9.
