[First United Methodist Church, Jacksonville]

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Copy negative of a drawing of Jacksonville's First United Methodist Church, by an unknown artist. The church was made of hand-cast cement blocks, and the three-story tall windows were made of glass made in Italy. The church had a dome with ventilating openings in the tower due to lack of air conditioning.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 35 mm.

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Cherokee County Historical Society December 5, 1987.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Cherokee County Historical Commission Photograph Collection and was provided by the Cherokee County Historical Commission to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 108 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Copy negative of a drawing of Jacksonville's First United Methodist Church, by an unknown artist. The church was made of hand-cast cement blocks, and the three-story tall windows were made of glass made in Italy. The church had a dome with ventilating openings in the tower due to lack of air conditioning.

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 35 mm.

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"Description of Photo: First United Methodist Church, Jacksonville. Built 1909. Education building at right rear added in 1940. Building was made of hand-cast cement blocks, had small basement. C. R. Kelly was builder and also built Twin Towers administration building at Alexander Collegiate Institute (now Lon Morris College) and First Presbyterian Church across alley from this one at same time and of same materials. Church had huge dome with ventilating openings in tower because of lack of air-conditioning then. The windows of the church, about three stories tall, are priceless today, were made in Italy of hand-cast glass. When hail storm damaged windows in 1947, true value was learned as insurance company had them repaired, are among most beautiful such window sin Texas today. In 1952, education building was enlarged with two-story addition to south (building faces north) and a chapel and this structure was brick veneered, dome was replaced with a steeple, columns and entry porch were replaced."

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Photographs depicting people, families, and businesses in Rusk, Jacksonville, and surrounding towns in Cherokee County.

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  • December 5, 1987

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Cherokee County Historical Society. [First United Methodist Church, Jacksonville], photograph, December 5, 1987; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth354390/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cherokee County Historical Commission.

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