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Photo of Stapp's Chapel
Photograph of Stapp's Chapel. for many years the church building that housed the Grace Methodist congregation at Eldorado and Franklin Streets was known as Stapp's Chapel. the church was organized in 1866 and a mission building erected. As the…
Photo of Tabernacle College Hill Building
Photograph of Tabernacle College Hill Building. "Tabernacle--College Hill. In June 1867 the Illinois Sunday School association convention was held in Decatur. It was the first state religious gathering to be held in the city and there was no building…
Photo of The Hour of Cheer Building
Photograph of the Building that housed The Hour of Cheer radio station W.H.O.W. Clinton, IL. Rev. A. F. Jenkins.
Photo of Third United Methodist Church
Photograph of Third United Methodist Church, 1100 E. Locust Street, Decatur, IL. The last church service was held on 6/2/2002. (Information from Herald and Review; 6/2/2002.) Building is now Central Illinois Christian in Missions, second hand store.
Photo of Trueblood Memorial United Methodist Church
Photograph of Trueblood Memorial United Methodist Church, 1768 N. Maple Ave., Decatur, IL. Last service at that church was 6/2/2002. (Information from H&R 6/2/2002.)
Photo of Wesley United Methodist Church
Photograph of Wesley Methodist Church, 3800 E. Cerro Gordo and Brush College, Decatur, IL.
Photo of William "Billy" Sunday Revival Party.
Photograph of William "Billy" Sunday revival party. "They are left to right--top row--A. R. Forsythe, Fred Fisher. Bottom row--Mrs. A. R. Forsythe, Joe R. Hanley, Mrs. Joe R. Hanley."
Photo Rev. & Mrs. Fred Reedy, Nazarene Church
Photograph of Rev. & Mrs. Fred Reedy and family, a son and three daughters.
Photo Rev. Rutledge Pastor East Park Baptist
Photograph of Rev. R. Rutledge Ray, pastor of East Park Baptist church in Decatur in 1917. Ran in the Herald and Review 8/19/1917.
Photograph of Rev. James Walton McDonald
Photograph of Rev. James Walton McDonald. (born 1869; died 6/16/1951) Presbyterian pastor in Decatur 23 years, leaving in 1923 for Kansas City, MO. Came to Decatur in 1901 from Logansport, IN. First pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian church,…