The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-07-23

QUINN CHAPEL
.cHicAoo's FINEST AFRo-AMRR.
IcAN CHURCH.
History ofthe Church from IL Inception
In 1854. Al Through it, Varied Trlumphl
and vioissituies 70 the Occupancy oaEha
Beautiful New Church OF 1894.

In 1874. Al Through IT. Varied Triumph
and vloissitudes TO the Occupancy onEhl
Beautiful New Church Of 1894.
In A. D.. 1874 there lived in small
hut in the slley near State Ct ;, between
Lake and Randolph streets, plain but
devout Afro-American named John Day.
Anew Afro.Americans used to coneregats
ct Day's house to hold prayer meetings.
This house becoming too small, the
meetings Were removed TO the house Of
Maria Parker who lived adjoining Days.
Maria Parker had q daughter, Mira
Anna Fulton, the oldest member of Quinn
Chapel now living. In 1916, the prayer
meeting assembly having growa to the
proportions Of q religious society, they
moved from the house Of Mother Parker
% she was called, into the school house
on Madison Street few doors from
State street. In 1e46 Madison Patterson,
. nexhortey, took the Leadership Of tho
society having az his assistant A. T.
Hall, barber, then q journeyman in
the shop Of the we'll known Oliver Hem
derson of Chicago. Madison Patterson
took the society to his house on State
street, near Van Bdren street, where
class and prayer meetings were held till
they purchased one half Of the white
Baptist church 30x50 feet located on tho
corner Of La Sale and Washington sts..
which they hauled on to lot on the
east side Of Wells street, now Fifth ave.
nue. between Jackson and Van Buren,
streets. EE
In 1847 William Paul Quinn then bish,
Up Of the African Methodist Episcopal
church sent the Rev. George Johnson
missionary from the New York annual
conference, who, with the assistance Of
Phillip Ward, July ed, 1s47, organized
the society under the discipline of the
African M. E. Church and called it
Quinn Chapel. There were seven mem>
5ers who formed the organization as fol-
lows: Rachel Day, John Day, Adelia
Lucas, Mary Jane Randall, A. T. Hall,
Maria Moose, and Edward Gordon.
Frank scrips was the appointed class.
leader. Annie Lewis, Anna scrips, Vir-
ginia Campbell. and Virginia Di xon
joined Immediately after the organiza.
ton. The first trustees were William
Randall, Edward Gordon, Isaiah Park.
er, John Day, John Rollins. William Lu.
cas-, and John Fsrnsworth. r.
The Quinn Chapel society was the sec.
ond Methodist church in Chicago. At
that date there were S.. Mary's Cathe.
dral on Madison street, the First Pres:
byterian Cathedral on Washington st.,
and the First Baptist church on Wabash
avenue, and Thirty first street. =:
The Rev. A. T. Hall was the first class
leader ofthe Quinn Chapel Society and
vas the first Afro-American licensed to
preach in Chicago. He ID now tho old
est travelling minister in the Iowa con.
ference of the: a. n, F.. Church. ..sj
The frst pastor, September 1s47.1s4s,
was the Rev. Thomas Farnsworth, the
second 1s4S.l85o was the Rev. Aaron
Parker ;the third lS5o.ls5l was the Rev.
Elisha Weaver. Weaver being removed,
the Rev. a. T. Hall, filed tho unexpired
term,. whom he became the fourth pas.
tor 185l-1852, serving two years; the fifth
pastor ls52,ls54 was the Rev. j. A. War
rem =: ,:ssHHs.-;;;ssEE y :.
Under the Rev. Wsrrens sdministra.
lion the society purchased. the lot
On the Southwest corner Of Jack.
ION street and Fourth avenue, now Gus
ton House Place.occupied by the magni-
dcent Monadnock building. They
moved from the " ellis street lot to this
location In 1854, where they had erected
. new house which was dedicated and
paid for the same day. The trustees At
this time we're. John Lucas, William
sparrow. John Collins, Isaiah Baker, A.
T. Hall. The Rev. Bird Parker, an able
preacher. was employed to travel and
collect funds to pay for the church prop.
srty. The sixth pastor ls54.1855. was
To Rev. William Davis the seventh
pastor 1S56lS57 was the Rev. Elisha
Webber; the eighth pastor ls57.1s5s
was the Rev. NJ. M. Clark; the ninth
pastor, 1868 1851 was the Rev. Willis r.
Revels; the tenth pastor. 1861 1882 was
the Rev. VIM. A. Dove; the eleventh
pastor, ls62.l864: was the Rev. Chas,
Birch; the twelfth, pastor, 1864.l866 was
the Rev. a. 7. Hall; the thirteenth pas
tor, 1886.ls68 was the Rev. VIM. g. Tre-
van, the fourteenth pastor ls6s.ls69 was
the Rev. Amos Mcintosh; the fifteenth
pastor, 1869 1870 was the Rev. VIM. 8.
Langtord; the sixteenth pastor, 1870.
1871 was the Rev. VIM. G. .Trevan.
On Oct. 9th the noted Chicago fire de-
stroyed the Quinn Chapel building on
Jackson street and Fourth avenue (Cus-
tom House Place. when; under the
leadership of Elder VIM. G. Trevan they
mortgaged the lot for 81, 900 and pur-
chased the old Taylor Building on
Fourthlavenue.( Custom House Place be-
tween Taylor and Twelfth streets, where
they worshiped until the fire of July Is,
1873. when they were again burned out.
They then occupied Union Hall corner.
Clark and Monroe streets, remaining