Description: Portrait drawing of Benjamin Tucker Tanner (1835-1923), known as a pastor, author, bishop and educator. Tanner (1835-1923) had a long career in the African Methodist Episcopal Church as a minister, school principal, bishop, and editor of the Christian Recorder and A.M.E. Church Review. In 1867, he published "An Apology for African Methodism," which traces the history of the denomination and defends both its split from the Methodist Church and its theology. In 1901, he became dean of Payne Theological Seminary at Wilberforce University. Wilberforce was established in 1856 in Greene County under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was named for William Wilberforce (1759-1833), an English abolitionist. The African Methodist Episcopal Church purchased the university in 1863, making it the first to be owned and run by African Americans. Payne Theological Seminary was named for Daniel A. Payne, who in 1863 became first African American president of Wilberforce University. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1277_781234_125
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Religion in Ohio; Universities and colleges; Education; Wilberforce University; African Methodist Episcopal Church;
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene 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)
 

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: 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: This photograph shows Edward DuBois Washington, minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church) and husband to Felma Harper Washington. This photograph is part of the Felma Harper Washington Collection. Felma Harper Washington was a leader, minister, musician, writer and historian in Bellfontaine, Ohio. Born in Bellefontaine in 1903, she traveled the country working with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church) and married Reverend Edward Washington. She founded the Harper Memorial Library and the Museum of African-American Historical Research. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2034_aaeo_90-18_020
Subjects: African Americans; Clergy; African Methodist Episcopal Church;
 

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: 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: 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: Photo taken by Works Progress Administration sometime between 1936-1943. Located at 301 North 4th Street in Steubenville, it now bears the name Sycamore Tree Church. In 1803 Bishop Frances Asbury, one of the fathers of Methodism visited Steubenville and in 1810 the first “Methodist Society” or church was organized in Steubenville. It wasn’t until 1826 that Edwin M. Stanton was converted and became a member. In 1830 South Street Church experienced their first division. By 1847 the new brick facility, able to hold 500 persons, was completed. This offshoot of the South Street Church took the name of “Hamline”. In 1851 gas lines were installed in both the South Street and Hamline churches, and in 1852 Hamline left the security of South Street Church and became fully independent. 1888 Christmas Service was delivered by Rev. Dr. Youmans View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B15F05_019_001
Subjects: Churches; Methodist; Episcopal; New Deal; Architecture--Ohio--Pictorial works.; Works Progress Administration; Federal Writers' Project
Places: Steubenville (Ohio); Jefferson County (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: "GRANT MEMORIAL CHURCH Grant Memorial Church of native rubble stone is of a design in keeping with the rugged character in whose memory it was dedicated. It was constructed by the Methodist Episcopal Congregation in Point Pleasant. Photo by W.P.A. Photographer, Federal Project #1 (Writers')" View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SA1039AV_B02F12_010_1
Subjects: Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885--Commemoration; Methodist Episcopal Church.
Places: Point Pleasant (Ohio); Monroe Township (Ohio); Clermont County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of Reverend George F. Woodson during his tenure as dean of Payne Theological Seminary in Wilberforce, Ohio. Between 1902 and 1937, he expanded the curriculum diversity. This photograph is part of the T.J. Askew Collection, which contains correspondence, photographs and other personal papers of Dr. Flora Isabel Askew and her parents Irene Askew and Reverend Tony J. (T.J.) Askew. Materials related to Rev. Askew’s work with the African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E. Church) and Dr. Askew’s work as a teacher at the Wilberforce University High School. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2017_B04_F05
Subjects: African Americans; Religion; Religious education; African Methodist Episcopal Church
Places: Wilberforce (Ohio); Greene County (Ohio);