First Methodist Church and Parsonage

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Description

The First Methodist Church was formed between 1780 and 1784 as part of the Yadkin Circuit.  The church building and parsonage pictured here were approved for construction in 1857.  A. B. Herndon designed this Romanesque style church.  It was remodeled and enlarged several times and continued to serve the congregation until it was replaced in 1920.  The parsonage continued to serve ministers and their families until 1958 when it was razed to make way for the present church, located on Church Street between Fisher and Bank.  A new parsonage was built on Colony Road.

The Albertype Co. Brooklyn NY Buerbaum’s Bookstore Salisbury NC.  No series no.

Source: 

“Yesterday” Salisbury Post Sep. 18, 1993

MSS 2000-13, Rowan County Church History Collection.

Brawley, James Shober  Salisbury Renaissance: Historical Photographs of Salisbury North Carolina 1880-1960 Salisbury: Historic Salisbury Foundation and Rowan Art Guild, 1981

First Methodist Church http://www.fumcsalisbury.org/ 

Creator

Theo Buerbaum

Rights

The materials in this collection are made available courtesy of Rowan Public Library for use in research and private study. Images and text may not be used without prior permission from Rowan Public Library, Edith M. Clark History Room.

Original Format

postcard

Citation

Theo Buerbaum, “First Methodist Church and Parsonage,” Edith Clark History Room, accessed March 29, 2024, https://edithclark.omeka.net/items/show/81954.

Output Formats

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