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.
Anderson's Methodist Church, now known as First United Methodist Church, was organized in 1827. This building, located in the 1200 block of Jackson Street, was completed in 1901 and destroyed by fire December 23, 1960.
Picture shows brick M. E. Church building located on corner of Oakland and Jefferson Streeres, Colfax, Indiana. Oval inset is portrait of Pastor V. V. Hackley (1923-1926).
Erected circa 1831, the first sermon was preached by Reverend Lewis Hurlbut. The first trustees were John Woodburn, Charles Burnett, William Robinson, John Pugh and Charles Woodard. The first sextant was to "sweep the church, dust the pulpit and...
