DESCRIPTION:
Subject: First Methodist Episcopal Church, Homestead, PA
Condition: Good (See scans)
Back side: Divided
Circulated: Yes
Year: 1913
Publisher: I. Robbins & Son, Pittsburgh, PA
Postmark: August 8, 1913, Homestead, PA
"The Homestead First United Methodist Church was founded in March 1878 and at the time was called the Homestead Methodist Church. The church was founded at the same time the town of Homestead was growing from the influx of immigrant laborers. The members of the Homestead Methodist Church originally met in the Lutheran Church located on Fourth Ave. until the Homestead Bank and Life Insurance Co. donated two lots for the building of a church, one on Ann St. and one on Sixth Ave. The lots were exchanged for two contiguous lots on Ann St. between Sixth Ave. and Seventh Ave. Building for the new church began in 1880. The new building was dedicated on February 11, 1883. It was at this point that the church changed its name to the Stewart Methodist Episcopal Church, in honor of Joseph S. Stewart who was a founder of the church. This building did not last long, owing to a fire on January 9, 1887. The fire was thought to have been caused by natural gas that had recently been introduced to the furnaces in the church, but was never verified. A temporary tabernacle was constructed on a vacant lot beside the P.McK. and Y.R.R. Station. It was used as a temporary place of worship, until the dedication of the new church in 1888. This temporary structure was used afterwards for various community purposes. A new church was built on the corner of Ann St. and Fourth Ave. Mr. Stewart declined to have his name incorporated as the name of the new church. This time the church's name was changed to the Homestead Methodist Episcopal Church. Dedication ceremonies were held on August 5, 1888. This building was used until 1911, at which point the lots on the corner of Ann St. and Tenth Ave. were purchased. A new building was erected and was dedicated on October 22, 1911. The Homestead First United Methodist Church remained at this location until its closing on December 27, 1995." (Attribution: http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=ascead&cc=ascead&rgn=main&view=text&didno=US-PPiU-ais199601)
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