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Publication Date
No published or copyright date listed on postcard.
Postmark Date
1920
Card Text (transcribed from postcard)
Fairmount Avenue Methodist Church, Fairmount Avenue and 20ths St., Richmond, Va. Organized April 1889 in a chapel at Stewart and Redd Sts., with 23 members, then known as Howard's Grove Methodist Church. In 1892 a new church was erected at the present location and name changed to Fairmount Avenue. The first preacher in charge was Rev. LeRoy J. Phaup who was appointed by the Va. M.E. Conference in November 1899. 14th appointment in 1912 Rev. E.V Carson. Present building erected 1913-14.
Topical Subject
Historic buildings -- Virginia -- Richmond
Geographic Subject
Richmond (Va.) -- Postcards; Richmond (Va.) -- History -- 20th century; Richmond (Va.) -- Pictorial works
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
postcards
Local Genre
postcard
Type
Still Image
Digital Format
image/jpg
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is in the public domain in the United States and thus is free of any copyright restriction. Acknowledgement of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is requested.
Collection
Rarely Seen Richmond: Early twentieth century Richmond as seen through vintage postcards
Source
William Shuman Collection of Richmond, Virginia Postcards, Accession Number 2004-09-12, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
postcard_149.jpg