Feature Article on historic Sidney.
Topic: DOWNTOWN/BUILDINGS& EVENTS
By Sherrie Casad-Lodge in
November, 1999
CHRISTMAS IN HISTORIC SIDNEY |
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Paul's United Church of Christ 707 North Ohio Avenue Pastor: Dr. Keith Wagner St. Paul's United Church of Christ has been an active congregation in Sidney, Ohio, since 1868. The church is rooted in the Evangelical/Reformed tradition and the original members were German-speaking people. As a matter of fact, until the 1930s, all of the worship services were conducted in German. The first service was held in a frame building at the corner of Lane and Miami streets with the congregation remaining there until 1886. Two men are generally credited for keeping the church together in the early years — Charles Timeus and A.R. Freedman. For a brief period, the congregation met in the Odd Fellow's Hall in the Shelby County Courthouse. In l887, the engine house on Water Street was purchased and remodeled into a church. The congregation met there through September 1908, when they dedicated a new building at the corner of South Main and South streets. The church was constructed for a total cost of $20,000. Half of the money for the new pipe organ was donated by Andrew Carnegie. In l936, the church established a special fund to build the present facility which is now located on 707 North Ohio Avenue. In January 1951, during the annual meeting, the congregation adopted the report of the planning board to build the new church. Completed in 1955, the total cost of the building was $250,000. The church is known in the Shelby County area as "the church on the hill." |
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