Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church (Liberty Center, Ohio) records
Collection Overview
Abstract
This collection contains four items dating from 1854-2006; a binder with photocopies of miscellaneous documents, a folder of directories and programs, and two church records.
Dates
- Creation: 1854-2006
Extent
1 Reels (1 microfilm reel)
Creator
Biographical / Historical
The first Chapel in Liberty Center was built in 1854 on land granted by Peter S. Viers. At this time it was associated with the United Brethren Church. The first pastor of the Chapel was Joseph Fink. A second Chapel was built in 1901 but was struck by lightning in 1912 and burned to the ground. The third chapel was built shortly after in 1913. In 1946 the United Brethren Church united with the Evangelical Church and Liberty Chapel became known as Liberty Chapel Evangelical United Brethren Church. After outgrowing the third Chapel, a decision was made to build a fourth Chapel. This Chapel was completed in 1967 and shortly after the church was rededicated as the Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church. This name change was a result of the union of the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church. This fourth Chapel is still in use today.
The above history was compiled based on information obtained from Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church Directories.
Conditions Governing Access
No known access restrictions.
Language of Materials
Materials in English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The records from Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church, Liberty Center, Ohio were transferred to the Center for Archival Collections for microfilming in August 2006 with the cooperation of Arita Silveus.
Subject
- Title
- Guide to the Liberty Chapel United Methodist Church (Liberty Center, Ohio) records
- Author
- Center for Archival Collections staff, Allison Brandeberry
- Date
- September 2006, November 2018
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- English