German Society School - Lexington, MO, USA - Former Schools on Waymarking.com

County of museum: Lafayette County
Loction of museum: 112 S. 13th St., Lexington
Phone: (660) 259-6313

Text of Historical Marker on the Grounds:

THE LIBRARY BUILDING Begun in 1846 by Cumberland Presbyterians who first organized near Lexington in 1822 and whom Rev. Finis Ewing, a founder of sect, served as pastor from 1836 until his death in 1841. General Assembly of denomination met here in 1859. James Lane Allen, noted author, was the master of a private school for boys held here in 1875-76. Deutscher Schulverein later held private German school here and in 1879 the Trinitatis Evangelical and Reformed congregation was organized in and used this building until 1924 when it became the home of Lexington Library and Historical Association.

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"From 1875 to 1876 a private school for boys was conducted in the Cumberland Church building. Its headmaster was James Lane Alien (1849-1925), a well-known novelist, writer of poems and short stories and a native of Lexington, Kentucky.

"In 1879 the Cumberland Presbyterian Church was sold for $2,000 to the Lexington German School Society, an organization conceived to educate the expanding, local German population. This organization rented Sunday use of the main floor of the building to the German Evangelical Trinity Church (now Trinity United Church of Christ). This organization used the building until late in 1923 when their present building at the corner of 14th Street and Franklin Avenue was completed. " ~ NRHP Nomination Form

Address: 112 S. 13th St.• Lexington, MO 64067 Web Site: [Web Link]

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