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MELISSA CHRISTIAN CHURCH

Historical marker, 1993

MELISSA CHRISTIAN CHURCH

THIS CONGREGATION TRACES ITS

ORIGIN TO RELIGIOUS GATHERINGS IN

A LOCAL SCHOOLHOUSE AS EARLY AS

1868. THE CHURCH'S FIRST SANCTUARY,

BUILT NEAR THIS SITE IN 1878, WAS

DESTROYED BY A TORNADO IN 1921

AND REPLACED BY THIS STRUCTURE IN

1924. LOCAL CONTRACTOR W. N. OSBURN

SUPERVISED CHURCH VOLUNTEERS IN

ITS CONSTRUCTION. ITS MODEST

CLASSICAL DETAILS INCLUDE PEDI-

MENTS AT THE ENTRANCES AND THE

DENTIL CORNICE. MANY OF MELISSA

CHRISTIAN'S PRESENT DAY CONGREGA-

TION ARE DESCENDANTS OF THE

CHURCH'S ORIGINAL CHARTER MEMBER-

SHIP. THE CONGREGATION CONTINUES

TO SERVE THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

Churches Index

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