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Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
History |
Churches
The early pioneers that traveled
west in search of new lands
brought not only brought
families and possessions but
also knowledge and faith in
God.
The first
religious meeting was held in
the home of William Wetmore in
the year 1818. Friends and
neighbors gathered together
regularly to sing hymns and
read the Bible. When a
minister, preacher, or circuit
rider was available in the
community, regular services
would be held and the rites of
baptism and communion would be
celebrated.
In the year
1830 this same group organized
St. John's Episcopal Church
but still continued to meet at
the homes of members.
Shortly
afterward, around 1835, a
block of land lying between
Portage Trail and Stow Street
and between Second and Third Streets
were dedicated as a church
park. St. Johns was the first
to erect a structure on this
plot. Other congregations were
not far behind.
United
Presbyterian
Church
St.
John's
Episcopal
Church
The
Congregational
Church
The
Methodist
Episcopal
Society
The
Disciples
of
Christ
St.
Joseph's
Catholic
Church
Redeemer
Lutheran
Church
St.
Lukes
Lutheran
Church
Immaculate
Heart
of
Mary
Church Park
The
First Places of Worship
Wetmore
Home - 1818
St.
Johns Episcopal - 1830
Methodist
Church - 1832
Congregational
Church - 1834
Church
of Christ - 1881
Roman
Catholic Church - 1885
(Roman
Catholic church was a small
brick building located on the
southeast corner of Second and
Sackett.)
Redeemer
Lutheran Church
1928
Church Directory
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Church
of Christ, N. Second cor.
Stow, Rev W. T. Fisher,
pastor
-
First
Congregational, 30 W.
Broad, Rev. F. L. Hall,
pastor
-
Methodist
Episcopal, W. Portage,
Rev. J. C. Smith, pastor
-
St.
John Episcopal Church, W.
Portage, Rev. Francis
McIlwain, rector
-
St.
Joseph's Roman Catholic
Church, S. 2d, Rev. J. J.
Lillis, pastor, Rev. W. C.
O'Laughlin, assistant
-
United
Presbyterian Church, N.
4th, cor. Payne Avenue
-
Walsh
Congregational, end
Tallmadge Avenue
-
Redeemer
Lutheran Church, S. 4th
near Portage, Rev. T. E.
Prinz, pastor
-
First
Baptist Church, 140
Tallmadge Avenue, Rev. A.
M. Dixon, pastor
-
Magnolia
M. E. Church, Loomis
Avenue
-
Christian
Science Church, 37 1/2 S.
Front
-
Full
Gospel Tabernacle, 250
Williams, Rev. C. S. Bish,
pastor
-
First
Church of Christ, e. s.
Hudson Road, Rev. P. D.
McCallum, pastor (Stow)
-
Stow
Community Church, e. s.
Elm Road, Rev. W. W. Dague,
pastor (Stow)
The
Cathedral
Information gathered and used
from:
Akron and
Summit County by Samuel Lane,
1891
Akron and Summit County by
Scott Dix Kenfield 1928
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