Collection #
SC 1688

 

CENTRAL AVENUE METHODIST CHURCH
(INDIANAPOLIS, IND.)
COLLECTION, CA. 1952–1983

 

 

 

Collection Information

Historical Sketch

Scope and Content Note

Cataloging Information

 

 

 

Processed by
Paul Brockman
7 July 1998
Updated 2 December 2004

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

 

 

collection INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 1 folder

COLLECTION DATES: ca. 1952-1983

PROVENANCE: Phil Williams, Indianapolis, IN, 5 February 1988

RESTRICTIONS: None

REPRODUCTION RIGHTS: Permission to reproduce or publish material in this collection must be obtained from the Indiana Historical Society.

ALTERNATE FORMATS: None

RELATED HOLDINGS: None

ACCESSION NUMBER: 1998.0234

NOTES:

 

HISTORICAL SKETCH

Central Avenue Methodist Church was established in 1877 out of a merger of the Trinity and Massachusetts Avenue churches in Indianapolis. Reuben Andrus preached the first sermon in the church on June 17, 1877. The Romanesque Revival styled structure was built of red brick trimmed with Indiana limestone. During the pastorate of Orien W. Fifer (1917-1927) Central Avenue church was noted for its involvement with the Social Gospel Movement and was directly involved with improving conditions within the community. Central Avenue Methodist Church also was instrumental in founding the Wheeler Rescue Mission for the poor.

Source: Information in the collection.

 

 

 

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

The collection contains three historical related publications regarding Central Avenue Methodist Church: an architectural/historical sketch by Phil Williams; "Responding to the Call: The Social Gospel and Central Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church, 1917-1927," a research paper by Deidre Funkhouser for an independent study class at the University of Indianapolis, 1983; and "75th Anniversary Central Avenue Methodist Church, 1877-1952" (published booklet to commemorate the church's 75th anniversary).

CATALOGING INFORMATION

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