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Monthly Board of Trustees Minutes - September 1960
This is the minutes from the board meeting on September 30, 1960. Also included is a letter from Mayor Robert A. Grohne to Mrs. Ralph Buttz Jr., a letter from Mary T. Howe to Mayor Robert A. Grohne about including the boiler insurance with the…
Monthly Board of Trustees Minutes November 1960
This is the minutes of the board meeting on November 25, 1960. Also included is the combined budget and bill list for November, appraisals of the main library and the Alice Evans Branch by The Lloyd-Thomas Co., and letters to Mary T. Howe from The…
Photos of Grace Methodist Church, North Main Street.
Photograph of Grace Methodist church, front entrance. Photograph of Grace Methodist, people on their way to church. Photograph of the exterior of Grace Methodist church. Photograph of exterior of Grace Methodist church and class rooms. Photo of the…
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 Rev. Horace Reed
Photograph of Rev. Horace Reed; (died 11/15/1914). Methodist minister who at the time of death was one of the oldest in the Methodist conference. He came to the pastorate of the First Methodist Church in Decatur in 1874 and remained 2 years. He…
Photo of Rev. H. C. Gibbs
Photograph of Rev. H. C. Gibbs, member of the Preacher's Aid Society for 42 years. He was at one time pastor of the First Methodist Church in Decatur, coming in here in 1901. He was connected with the society in various relationships, as, pastor,…
Photos of Rev. William J. Davidson
Photograph of Dr. William J. Davidson, retired Methodist minister. Was minister at the Decatur First Methodist Church from 1902-1907 during which time the church at the corner of Church and North streets was built. He was also president of Nebraska…
Photos of People attending church on Easter at First United Methodist.
Photograph of church members leaving First Methodist Church on Easter morning. "Gay, flowered hats partially relieved the monotony of heavy suits worn by the Easter parade crowd which left First Methodist church March 31, 1907. Despite the fact that…
Photos of The First Methodist Church
Photograph from a postcard of the First Methodist Church, 201 W. North Street, Decatur, IL. Photograph of First Methodist Church taken in 1934. Photograph of the interior of First Methodist Church. Photograph of First Methodist Church, corner of W.…
Monthly Board of Trustees Minutes - May 1960
This is the minutes from the monthly board meeting on May 19, 1960. Also included is the minutes from the annual meeting on May 4, 1960, letters between Dean E. Madden and David R. Kirk (City Clerk), a financial study of library funds, letters to…