Methodist Episcopal Church - Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania

Photograph

Greene Connections

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2023.12.167

Description

Postmarked 1914. Postcard of the Methodist Episcopal Church, on the corner of Franklin and Richhill Streets, in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania. The yellow house to the left is the Day family home situated on the corner of Richhill and Wayne Streets. Brown stone from Hummelstown, Pennsylvania, was used for the exterior of the Methodist Episcopal Church, later the First United Methodist Church, on the corner of Franklin and Richhill Streets, dedicated 29 September 1907. In 1908, Andrew Carnegie donated one half the cost of the original Hinner pipe organ. This church construction was completed in spite of the failure of the Farmers and Drovers Bank. Original, no photographer or printer listed.

Collection

Mary (Vance) McCann Collection

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1910

Lexicon

Search Terms

Postcards, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Church buildings--First United Methodist Church, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Church buildings--Methodist Episcopal Church, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Streets--Franklin Street, Waynesburg (Pa.)--Streets--Richhill Street

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

MILB-AN001-0005-0013

Web Links and URLs

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Provenance

Provenance Detail

Places - Vance Series - Mary (Vance) McCann Collection

Owner/Agent

Miller, William Marshall

Acquisition Method

Digital

Acquisition Date

2023

Notes

The Mary (Vance) McCann Collection was passed from George Birch Vance [1870-1928] and Jessie Dell (McFarland) Vance [1868-1935] with the ownership of their home in Mapletown, Monongahela Township, Greene County, Pennsylvania, to their daughter, Mary (Vance) McCann [1898-1987], and her husband, Marshall Albert McCann [1895-1956]. Mary (Vance) McCann left the collection to her grandson, William Marshall Miller, who owned and shared the collection with the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project in 2023. SOURCE CITATION: Methodist Episcopal Church, on the corner of Franklin and Richhill Streets, in Waynesburg, Greene County, Pennsylvania; circa 1910; item no. MILB-AN001-0005-0013, Mary (Vance) McCann Collection, shared by her grandson, William Marshall Miller; Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).