Churches 1

This category of postcards is, to put it mildly, MIND BOGGLING and since it is relatively easy to boggle my mind the only way I could arrange these cards was by alphabetical order, (sort of). I know there are a lot of churches that are not in their correct areas so, please, excuse my ignorance. Except for location there will be very little historical information supplied. If you wish specifics on any particular card let me know and I will see if I can find any information for you. I will tell you that the first two cards show the first church founded in the North West Territory, I swear I did not plan it that way.

BAPTIST CHURCHES

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Hyde Park Lockland Norwood Norwood interior

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        Harmon Memorial Baptist                              Linwood Baptist                       Loveland Baptist                 1st Baptist Church
      AKA First Baptist Church                                                                                                                                    Wesley Avenue
Norwood

                 Ninth Street Baptist Church                                    Station A Chapel
                       25 West Ninth Street.                                          Hunt & Elsinore

The Ninth Street Baptist Church apparently had various branches or chapels around the city. Station B was on 3rd Street, west of Collord, Station C was at 892 Vine Street, Station E was on 8th Street, East of Glenway Avenue.

Immanuel Baptist Northside
Pullian & Hamilton Avenues.

Immanuel Baptist Church was built in 1896 by the architect who designed Shillito's Department Store, James McLauglin. It is now the home of the Word Alive Christian Fellowship.

Kings Mills Baptist Church

                 Columbia Baptist Church                                       Walnut Hills Baptist Church
                                3714 Eastern Avenue                                   Kemper Lane south of McMillan St.

The Columbia Baptist Church is the first Protestant church west of the Alleghenies, organized Jan. 20, 1790. Benjamin Stites donated the land for the original church. The first service was held July 4, 1795. The Columbia Baptist Cemetery is the oldest cemetery in Hamilton County and holds the remains of Columbia's founders.

                                Calvary Episcopal Clifton                                            Central Christian                 Columbia Congretional (sic) Church
                                                                                                    9th St. btwn. Plum & Central                          Eastern Avenue

        Roselawn Community Baptist                                Sanctuary Union Baptist Church
                                                                                             7th. and Central Ave.

The next 14 cards are of Christ Episcopal Church on 4th Street. I wanted to point out a couple of things. If you look closely at the 3rd and 4th cards you will be surprised to see they are the same image. This was probably an accident during the printing process, but it could have been deliberately done to make it look differently than the cards put out by other publishers. The 5th card shows the correct view. You will also notice that the 1st card looks a lot different than the others. The building to the right of the church is the Parish House and was obviously built into a more imposing structure.

New building 1955-57