1971 - Education Building - Elsberry, MO
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N 39° 10.038 W 090° 47.183
15S E 691238 N 4337676
First Baptist Church expanded once again...
Waymark Code: WMYYFD
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/11/2018
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County of church: Lincoln County
Location of church: N. 5th St. & Commerce St., Elsberry
Built: 1891, 1941, 1971, 2007
"In 1971, roughly 30 years after its last construction project, the congregation once again felt the need to expand its
facilities and began a building program resulting in the addition of an education wing with eight classrooms, two
restrooms, and a library. The cornerstone, containing a handmade wooden box with church documents, was donated by
the O’Garlan Ricks Family [founders of Carter-Ricks Funeral Home]. Within six years, the $63,000 debt on the new
addition had been paid in full. The records show that in the five years following the construction of the education wing,
financial gifts almost doubled those of the preceding five. And the increase was almost twice the cost of the new
addition." ~ 1st Baptist Church History
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