Name/Title
423 North 3rd - FIRST GERMAN METHODIST CHURCH, TRINITY METHODIST CHURCH, AME CHURCH, ...Entry/Object ID
2020.25.335Description
Photograph of Trinity Methodist Church on 423 North 3rd Street.
https://www.stjosephmemorylane.com/3rdstreet/3rdstreet.htmlPhotograph Details
Subject
PhotoSubject Place
Location
3rd StreetCity
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriContext
Circa 1915
First German Methodist Church of St. Joseph
423 North 3rd Street
Circa 1921
First German Methodist Church
423 North 3rd Street
Circa 1940
Robidoux Trinity (German) Methodist Church
423 North 3rd Street
Circa 1946
Robidoux Trinity (German) Methodist Church
423 North 3rd Street
Circa 1953
Ashland Avenue Methodist Church
423 North 3rd Street
Circa 1958
Trinity Methodist Church
423 North 3rd Street
Hundley Methodist
423 North 3rd Street
Ebenezer AME
423 North 3rd Street
(3rd & Antoine Streets)
Demolished during Urban Renewal
Currently, a parking lot exists at this location
All of the following information was graciously submitted by David Lewis:
This building was the second on this site built by the German Methodist Church of St. Joseph
Before about 1925, the Methodist Church set up separate conferences (like synods) for German-speaking congregations
Anti-German sentiment during WW I and assimilation by the next generation caused many of these congregations to drop the German language in worship
Eventually, the Methodist Church folded them into their larger English-speaking congregations
The local church adopted the name Trinity Methodist Church at that time
About 1952, they merged with Hundley Methodist at 22nd & Calhoun
(now occupied by Calvary Baptist) to form Ashland Methodist
The 1953 City Directory lists this as the Ashland Avenue Methodist Church
The building was sold to Ebenezer AME who occupied it until it was sold and then demolished somewhere around 1973
An old Hinners & Albertsen tracker pipe organ, which was acquired in 1896, was left behind. The organ had sat silent for 20+ years. The organ was offered to Ashland Avenue Methodist Church. The church purchased, restored, and installed the organ in their present church. Several descendants of the original German families still attend the church
Photo #1 - Circa: 1898, organ at 421 North 3rd Street
Photo #2 - 3rd & Antoine
Photo #3 - Circa: 1939, newspaper article, 3rd & Antoine
Photo #4 - 3rd & Antoine
Some of the above information was submitted by David LewisCollection
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