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
Rising like a giant rook on the chess board, is this Gothic bell tower on the front of this old Methodist country church. One bell in the tower. It had three large (6 feet long) louvered openings for the bell to toll before the 1977 clean up. Building was upgraded and the tower front openings covered over with siding, and only two small grated openings on each side remain today.
"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. The art glass windows are memorials of various members of the Schlotzhauer, Connelly, Stegner, Dwyer, and Wheary families and the Wesley Girls' Sunday School Class.
"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
"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. The art glass windows are memorials of various members of the Schlotzhauer, Connelly, Stegner, Dwyer, and Wheary families and the Wesley Girls' Sunday School Class.
"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