Description: In 1937, the Episcopal Bishop William Henry Hobson outfitted a 22-foot trailer with pews and an organ in order to better minister to his widely dispersed flock. The vehicle was named after the Cincinnati church of St. Paul, which had been recently razed. Interviewed at the time, Hobson expressed concern about Ohio's transient population: "If someone came to me today with the offer -- 'Here's a million -- or five million -- dollars to build a cathedral' I wouldn't know where to build it. A cathedral built in Cincinnati, or any other city of the diocese might be entirely in the wrong location 50 years hence." (Sarasota Herald, August 14, 1937, p.4) Caption reads: "Interior, St. Paul's Wayside Cathedral" Reverse reads: "Interior St. Paul's Wayside Cathedral, Cinn Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F16_003_1
Subjects: Episcopal Church--Ohio; Episcopal Church--Missions.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: In 1937, the Episcopal Bishop William Henry Hobson outfitted a 22-foot trailer with pews and an organ in order to better minister to his widely dispersed flock. The vehicle was named after the Cincinnati church of St. Paul, which had been recently razed. Interviewed at the time, Hobson expressed concern about Ohio's transient population: "If someone came to me today with the offer -- 'Here's a million -- or five million -- dollars to build a cathedral' I wouldn't know where to build it. A cathedral built in Cincinnati, or any other city of the diocese might be entirely in the wrong location 50 years hence." (Sarasota Herald, August 14, 1937, p.4) Caption reads: "Trailer Cathedral of the Diocese of Southern Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F16_004
Subjects: Episcopal Church--Ohio; Episcopal Church--Missions.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: This photograph (ca. 1935-1947) is a detailed view of the steeple of Christ Church Episcopal in Hudson, Ohio. The first church was built in 1846. In 1930, the old building was torn down and replaced. The original bell, pews and baptismal were preserved in the new building. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F12_019
Subjects: Churches--Ohio; Methodist Episcopal Church in Ohio; Historic buildings--Ohio--Hudson--Pictorial works; Hudson (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.--Pictorial works.
Places: Hudson (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 318 East Fourth St. (Fourth and Sycamore), Cincinnati. Christ Church was founded in 1817 by early settlers of Cincinnati, among them William Henry Harrison. Building visible here is the 1835 edifice, demolished 1957. See also: William Henry Venable, A centennial history of Christ Church, Cincinnati : 1817-1917. Reverse reads: "Christ Church on E. 4th St, on E 4th St., Cin Ohio." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F15_014_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Episcopal Church--Ohio--Cincinnati.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Located 318 East Fourth St. (Fourth and Sycamore), Cincinnati. Christ Church congregation was founded 1817 by early settlers of Cincinnati, among them William Henry Harrison. Building visible here is the 1835 edifice, demolished 1957. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F12_002
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Episcopal Church--Ohio.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Grace Methodist Episcopal Church 4/27/37 (Copy) Dayton Ohio" The Methodist Church is a Christian religious organization. The Methodist Church originated in 1729, at the University of Oxford in England. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B09F07_015_001
Subjects: Dayton (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Episcopal Church
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery (Ohio)
 

Description: Dated 1937, this photograph shows the Allen Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio, located on the southeast corner of Sixth and Broadway Streets. The Allen Temple was built by Robert Alexander Love from 1851-1853 for Cincinnati's oldest Jewish congregation, Bene Israel. The structure was sold in 1868 to the Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church, Cincinnati's oldest African American congregation. In 1979, the building was razed for the Procter and Gamble offices there today. The English inscription below the Hebrew reads "Ye shall make me a sanctuary that I may dwell in the midst of Beni Israel, nor will I ever forsake my people Israel saith the Lord. Erected A.M. 5612." This photograph is one of the many visual materials collected for use in the Ohio Guide. In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration by executive order to create jobs for the large numbers of unemployed laborers, as well as artists, musicians, actors, and writers. The Federal Arts Program, a sector of the Works Progress Administration, included the Federal Writers’ Project, one of the primary goals of which was to complete the America Guide series, a series of guidebooks for each state which included state history, art, architecture, music, literature, and points of interest to the major cities and tours throughout the state. Work on the Ohio Guide began in 1935 with the publication of several pamphlets and brochures. The Reorganization Act of 1939 consolidated the Works Progress Administration and other agencies into the Federal Works Administration, and the Federal Writers’ Project became the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio. The final product was published in 1940 and went through several editions. The Ohio Guide Collection consists of 4,769 photographs collected for use in Ohio Guide and other publications of the Federal Writers’ Project in Ohio from 1935-1939. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F15_030_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; African Methodist Episcopal Church; Synagogues--Ohio--Cincinnati; Love, Robert Alexander, 1814-1876
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Reverse reads: "Covenant, 1st Presby Church, SW cor. 8th & Elm." This is actually St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, located on the south east corner of Seventh and Plum Streets in Cincinnati, Ohio. Cincinnatians worshipped here for decades, after the stately church was completed in 1852. It was demolished 1937, its members having long since moved to outlying suburbs, and for a short time, the site held a parking lot and filling station. Eventually, the lot was purchased by the Cincinnati Bell Telephone company, to build a modern addition to their original building, which can be see in the background, on the left of the photograph. The spirit of St. Paul's now rolls along in the Wayside Cathedral, a trailer car equipped with an alter, which sallies up and down country roads in the service of Episcopalians. Covenant First Presbyterian Church still stands at the corner of Eight and Elm, and is now on the National Register of Historic Places. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F16_005_1
Subjects: Cincinnati (Ohio)--Buildings, structures, etc.; Episcopal Church--Ohio.
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Exterior view of the John Stewart Methodist Church in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, ca. 1937. John Stewart founded the Wyandot Indian Mission in 1816 and the local American Indians worshiped at the old Mission Church until 1843. The cornerstone of the new church was positioned on October 8, 1899. Photograph by Harry Evan Kinley (1882-1969), a native of Upper Sandusky. Kinley was active in local events and organizations, and spent his professional career as a clerk at his father's department store, and later as a travelling salesman for the Marion Paper & Supply Company (1934-1962). He was also an avid lifelong photographer, and the bulk of the Harry Kinley Collection is comprised of glass plate negatives documenting the Kinley family, the city of Upper Sandusky and Wyandot County and surrounding areas. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL05387
Subjects: Wyandot County (Ohio); Churches--Ohio; Methodist Episcopal Church;
Places: Upper Sandusky (Ohio); Wyandot County (Ohio)
 

Description: Wesley Chapel, Fifth Street between Broadway and Sycamore, demolished 1972. Red brick Georgian revival structure in imitation of John Wesley's original chapel in London. Once the largest meeting place west of the Allegheny Mountains, chapel held the funeral of William Henry Harrison. Marker in pediment reads: "Methodist Episcopal Church erected 18-1" Sign at right reads: "The church's one foundation is Jesus Christ her lord 10:45 7:45" Reverse reads: "Cinci., O. Sept. 1937 Methodist Episcopal Church Wesley Chapel." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F15_033_1
Subjects: Methodist Episcopal Church; Church buildings--Ohio; Cincinnati (Ohio)--History;
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)