First United Methodist Church
West Second Street
Xenia, OH
Note: Not extant. Not playable. (in this location)
Images
Unknown - Organ Case (Vintage postcard, courtesy of J. A. Hefner (ca. 1913)/Database Manager)
1972-05-19 - Newspaper article detailing new [extant] church received First Methodist organ (Newspaper article detailing church consolidation and fate of 1st Methodist organ before the tornado, courtesy of J. A. Hefner/Database Manager)
Unknown - Church Exterior (Vintage Postcard, courtesy of J. A. Hefner (ca. 1911)/Database Manager)
1930-06-01 - Church Interior and Organ Facade (Scanned Postcard by William Dunklin/Database Manager)
Consoles
Main
- 2 manuals
- Key action Type: Mechanical (Details Unknown)
Notes
2017-06-24 - Updated by J. A. Hefner, listing this website as a source of information: http://www.fcum.org/632676.<br>
According to the successor church's history, the two Xenia Methodist churches merged in 1970, moving into a new building in 1972. I have yet to find out how this organ was destroyed; perhaps First Methodist was destroyed in the 1974 tornado? -Database Manager
2017-07-16 - Updated by J. A. Hefner, listing conversations with this person as the source of the information: Catherine Wilson (Greene County Historical Society). <br> <br>According to Catherine Wilson of Greene County Historical Society, First Methodist was a casualty of the 1974 tornado; the original brick church was built ca. 1845-46, expanded and remodeled in 1864, then the stone church was built in 1895 and remodeled in 1950.<br>It isn't clear if the organ was still there by that point. John Sale Manor (apartments) occupies that spot today. -Database Manager
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