Welsley Chapel UMC Church - near Pilot Grove, MO
Posted by: YoSam.
N 38° 51.709 W 092° 55.381
15S E 506679 N 4301445
Organized in 1866, this building built in 1928.
Waymark Code: WM11K6K
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 11/05/2019
Views: 3
County of church: Cooper County
Location of church: MO-135 & MO-N, approx. 1 mile S. of Pilot Grove
Pastor: David Stuckey
Phone: (816) 826-1882
Architectural Style: Gothic Revival
Marquee Text:
WESLEY CHAPEL
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Services
2nd and 4th Sundays
10:15 A.M.
Pastor: David Stuckey
"The original Methodist Society, which was to become the Wesley Chapel, was organized April 1866, ...
"In March 1873, the Methodist Society, with 48 members bought 2½ acres of lane ... for $67.50. Soon a church was erected on the site. .... December 18, 1927 fire destroyed the building, only the piano was saved...
"A committee ... was instrumental in building the present structure. The new building at a cost of $10,000 was dedicated on September 23, 1928 ... Everything in the church has a known donor except for the clock, for it was placed on the wall when no one was present.
"In 1883 Frank Johnston, William Hawkins and Anderson Miller purchased less than an acre adjoining the old burial ground for a negro cemetery for freed slaves." ~ MoGenWeb