Former Wingate M E Church - Wingate, IN, USA
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The former Methodist Episcopal Church, in Wingate, Indiana, now known as New Hope Chapel.
Waymark Code: WMG81G
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 01/26/2013
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Because of an old postcard
I had seen on my county's library website, showing the old Wingate M E
Church, in Wingate, Indiana. I figured it would make a good "then and now"
waymark.
http://history.cdpl.lib.in.us/images/pc061-2.jpg
The old picture is from a postcard, from about 1910.
The description from the Library website:-
The Wingate Methodist Episcopal
Church (also known as the Wingate M. E. Church) is pictured. Much of the
church building is obscured by trees. Digitized copies of this and other
postcards were provided by Jane Lyle, February 2011.
These pictures were both taken at
the junction of Main and Main Cross streets, in downtown Wingate, Indiana.
Taken from the south west corner, looking north east.
The
M. E. Church, in Wingate, IN C.1910
The
M. E. Church, in Wingate, IN, November 23rd 2012
The former Methodist Episcopal Church,
now known as the New Hope Chapel, is located on Wingate, Indiana, at the
junction of Main and Main Cross Streets.
If you compare the two pictures, you
can see that there was a spire on the building, in 1910, as well as three
entrance doors showing. There is only one entrance showing in the now picture,
and the spire has been removed.
I located another similar postcard (below),
also on the Crawfordsville Public Library website. It shows the Church
and Parsonage, to the north of the church. That is now a house, seen on
the left of the church, but is still there today.
The description from the Library website:-
Wingate (Ind.) M. E. Church
and Parsonage. Sent to Della Fine, Wallace, Ind. [Dear Della. I that you
had left the country. Why don't you come up. Come when you have a vacation.
R. J.] Postmarked Nov 22, 19--.
http://history.cdpl.lib.in.us/images/pc061-1.jpg