Name/Title
History of First Methodist Church programEntry/Object ID
1985.035.22Scope and Content
Centennial year publication, "History of the First Methodist Church 1856-1956."Context
Lengthy narratives of history about the founding of the church, early members, and summaries of church activities. Give good insight into history of Lorain along the way.
- Tornado destruction and survivor account by Cecilia Bowen Gregg. Baptisms in Lake Erie.
- Women and Mens' Associations.
Early pioneers including different nationalities and migrations that attended this church.
- 1800s membership: people from New England, English, German, and African American (notes that most Black members left in 1897 for 7th Street African Methodist Church).
- Early Black members listed include: the Thompsons, the Chandlers, and the Holts. Also mentioned is T.R. King.
- 20th Century immigrants: Hungarian and Italian. Notes that in a 1950 survey, only 10% of its membership consisted of this later immigration but notes most of the later immigrants were catholic).
- Mentions first church merger of Grace Church which was founded in 1900 on 29th Street near Pearl Ave and mostly consisted of steel worker families, such as folks from Johnstown, PA.Acquisition
Accession
1985.035Source or Donor
Calta, Ruth and JoeAcquisition Method
Donation