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FIRST CHURCH
FIRST CHURCH. Barton Randall order a church to be constructed in 1834. It was to be 20 by 26 feet, one story high, and have the spaces between the logs filled with mortar and lime. Further specifications called by two windows and a batten door with boards running the entire length of the door secured by narrow strips nailed crosswise.
The building took four weeks to complete and there was then an immediate two-day service. Twelve people then joined the church which stood at a corner of Washington Square, later WASHINGTON PARK.
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Source:
"Vice Retreated Before Churches," Telegraph-Herald and Times-Journal, August 24, 1930, p. 36