The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-10
llRgviQsu d CifyH Churches
From Past to Present IS
GiUea by d.. Broon1feld

building: a mod ern church build
ing and the present M. p. Temple
is the@result. It was the only
modern church structure in Fair.
mont for manySyears and its audi
forum served many%public pur--
poses. Since that time, the First
NJ. E. Church on F'airmont avenue
land the Diamond Street NJ. E.
Church on the East Side have
erected beautiful buildings and
the First M. p. Church is atwork
on plans for its new building.
The latest and now most attrac-
I3tiye Methodist Church Building in
Fairmont is that Of the M. L..
South, Third street and Fairmont
avenue. The building is nearing
completion and its pastor the
Rev. hDr. r. T. Brown hopes to
have it dedicated on the first Sun
day in August
The present pastor or the First
M. E. Church is the Rev. C. H.
King, D. D.; Of the Diamond
Street M. E., the Rev. JIG. Buck
ley, of the First M. P. the Rev. C.
C. Lawson and Of the NJ P. Tenn
pie, the Rev J. G. Broomield.
(The Rev Mr.. Broomfeld en-
Joys the distinction Of a pastorate
that is twice as long as, the longest
pastorate in any Methodist Church
in West Virginia. He is closing
his seventeenth year.-The Edi-'
tori
Two Baptist Churches
Then there are two Baptist
churches, the First Baptist on
Second street, anG the Palatine
Baptist on the East Side. The
pastor of the First Baptist Church
the Rev. w. J. Eddy, is the dean
Of the ministers of Fairmont in
point of years of service. His
congregation is new at work on
plans to celebrate in the near
future the twenty-fifth anniver-
sary of his pastnfate here. The
Palatine Baptist Church is at pres
ent without a pastor. Both con-
gregations ar. in a fourishing
condition.
|. There are also two Christian
churches in Fairmont. The Cen
/. trail Christian Church, of which
the Rev. j. E. Gordon is pastor,
may be regarded as a progressive
branch of the church while the
Christian Church on the side be-
longs to the conservative division.
Both have excellent congregations.
The Christ Episcopal Church on
Washington street, whose rector
is the Rev. E. S. Towson has
among its members some of the
leading families of Fairmont. This
congregation hopes to erect new
building in the future. A number
of years ago, lot was purchased
opposite Cook Hospital on which
to- build new church and the
hope is expressed that the Episco-
palians will soon be worshipplng
in new and commodious church
home.
For many years the baby in the
family of churches in Fairmont
was the Grace Lutheran Church.
For a number of yeaSs its conGre-
CATION worshipped on the third
floor of the Library Building but
under the efficient leadership of.
the late Reverend Doctor Probst,
the attractive Lutheran Church
] building was erected at Third
street and CASTOR avenue. The
Rev. Roy J. Meyer is the present
pastor.
The baby is the Protestant fam
lily now is the United Brethren
congregation which two years ago
under the pastorate of the Rev. W.
G. Ware erected it's church build-.
ing near the East Park school.
Because of the strength of the
United Brethren Church in West
Virginia, the congregation is
growing rapidly.
Catholic Churches
St. Peters Roman Catholic
Church is one of the potent fac
tors for good in the life Of Fair
mont. It's late priest, the Rev.