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Methodist Church / Barker Cemetery

Methodist Church / Barker Cemetery

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Methodist Church / Barker Cemetery

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Evansville, IN

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1830s built
1910 rebuilt
1938 Church razed, cemetery remains

Location

West side Old Henderson Rd, north of King Rd
District: Union Township
Latitude: 37.876842
Longitude: -87.594985
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Comments

cemetery 1871-1881 1876 map - 25 next to barker school church in front (e) of school cemetery behind (w) of school near barkers landing orginally methodist episcopal later non-denominational methodist Episcopal Church of Union Twp victory chapel? interim #38 barkers methodist ? associated with barker cemetery mentioned in MCC book

Original building burned 1910 (separate fire)

1931-2 used as cafeteria for barker school

The church was damaged in 1937 Flood, torn down the next year


See also

INGen Web - Barker Cemetery
HistoricEvansville.com: Churches / Religion
HistoricEvansville.com: Union Township district

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