Vine Street Presbyterian

RAZED Vine Street Presbyterian View all images of Vine Street Presbyterian

a.k.a. Evansville Presbyterian Church

a.k.a. Presbyterian Old School

Quick Timeline

1843	Church is built
1874	Moves to new location
>1895	later razed

Location

Architecture

History

Vine St Presbyterian was organized in 1838 after national theological divisions produced a local schism between it and the Presbyterian Church (Little Church on the Hill). Encorporated as Evansville Presbyterian Church, the "old school" faction temporarily met at the original courthouse.

In 1843, a new church was built at the corner of 2nd and Vine St. The church was appropriately renamed Vine Street Presbyterian.

The church worshipped at this site until a new building on 2nd and Mulberry St was completed. The congregation moved in 1874 and was renamed Grace Presbyterian.

The church stood for several years, vacant 1884 and 1895 used as ?. Razed >1895 <1910 The building is still visible in 1888 map? and in 1884 and 1895 sanborns used as livery stable in 1910. walls still standing in 1920 later site of YWCA

Comments

See also

Research notes

^{+ Show research notes}