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VERONA METHODIST CHURCH

Historical marker, 1997

VERONA METHODIST CHURCH

A GROUP OF FAMILIES MET IN 1887

TO ESTABLISH THE VERONA METHOD-

IST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, SOUTH. THE

FIRST PASTOR WAS L. L. NAUGH. W. E.

AND ELIZABETH ST. CLAIR DONATED

LAND IN 1888 AND A CHURCH BUILD-

ING WAS ERECTED. IN 1911 A TORNADO

DESTROYED THE STRUCTURE, AND THE

CONGREGATION BUILD A NEW SANC-

TUARY WHICH CONTINUED AS A COM-

MUNITY GATHERING PLACE. DEDICATED

MEMBERS RESCUED THE CHURCH

FROM CLOSING IN 1959, REPLACED

THE SANCTUARY AND HAVE CONTINUED

TO IMPROVE THE FACILITY. LOYAL

MEMBERS SUPPORT THE CHURCH

WHICH CONTINUES TO SERVE THE

AREA AS IT HAS FOR 110 YEARS.

Verona

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Last modified: June 30, 2009