Guide to the Lafayette Street United Methodist Church Collection, 2000-2001

Accession  010-02-009

Record Group 010

Date processed:  3/2003

Processed By: TB / MTO

Repository Information

Archives of Wiregrass History & Culture

Troy State University Dothan

P.O. Box 8368

Dothan, AL  36304

Phone:  334-983-6556 x1-327

E-mail:  Archivist Dr. Martin T. Olliff  <molliff@troy.edu>

Administrative Information

Collection Size:  2 Items

Organizational History:  Lafayette Street UMC was founded in 1900 as a pre-game meeting of a baseball team in Dothan.  It began at the J.R. Taylor home, then met at Damon's Bar, then built its first sanctuary on South St. Andrews St.  By 1909 the congregation moved into its current building on Lafayette St.  Evangelist Bob Jones preached at the original church in 1900, but significant growth occurred during the long ministry of Charles "Red" Hildreth, 1947-56.  LSUMC created a history committee in the mid 1990s and has since established an archives room under its chair, Mrs. Lorene Gainous.  UMC churches are required to send yearly reports from its various sections to the Conference, in this case the Ala-West Florida Conference. 

Scope / Content :    Published history of the church plus one newspaper clipping.  See Inventory.

Access:  Open per donor agreement.

Preferred Citation:  [Item], Lafayette Street United Methodist Church Collection, RG010.  Archives of Wiregrass History and Culture, Troy University--Dothan Campus, Dothan, AL.

Inventory