Marion United Methodist Church Postcard

  Another beautiful old post card pictures the Marion United Methodist Church.  Probably printed in the early 1920's.

According to the church history the church was organized about 1869 at the Court House.  After being organized the Methodists held services at the Presbyterian church on Sunday afternoons and had preaching once a month.  This old Presbyterian church was located on West Gum Street by the old cemetery that is located there.

The Methodists built their first church on West Bellville Street which was then called Salem Road.  This was a wooden building and poorly constructed and eventually had to be braced with log chains just below the roof.  A storm in 1890 destroyed the building.  A brick church was then built on the same lot and is the one the Christian congregation used for many years. (The Christian church history is told in another posting on this site)

In 1911 the cornerstone was laid for the present Methodist church and the first worship service in the new church was held April 28, 1912.  

                                     This is what the church looks like today.