Montpelier United Methodist Church (Montpelier, La.) records
Scope and Contents
This collection documents the activities of Montpelier United Methodist Church (Montpelier, La.). The collection includes administrative board records and a church history.
Dates
- 2016 - 2023
Creator
- Montpelier United Methodist Church (Montpelier, La.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Physical rights are retained by the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Biographical / Historical
Montpelier United Methodist Church was located at 2099 Saint Helena Avenue, Montpelier, Louisiana.
The Montpelier Methodist Church was organized in approximately 1904. Worship services were held at first in a one-room schoolhouse. In 1906, a lot was donated by the Natalbany Lumber Company as a site for the church. The deed was accepted and signed by Alexander L. Brown, who helped build the first church building. The Church was dedicated on May 24, 1908.
The first church served as the sanctuary until 1968 when the heirs of F.W. Reimer donated land adjoining the church property to serve as the location of the new church. This building was dedicated April 1, 1973. A bell tower holding the original bell from the first church was built adjacent to the church by members of Mrs. Nannie Bond’s family, and dedicated to her memory in 1987.
Many of the records were lost in a flood in 2016.
Montpelier United Methodist Church disaffiliated from the United Methodist Church in May 2023.
Source: "Old Montpelier, 1804, New Montpelier, 1904,"
compiled by Inez B. Tate and published by Saint Helena Historical
Association, 1993.
Extent
2 Folders
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged by subject, then chronologically.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Unknown person dropped off collection at Louisiana Conference Office of the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church, then transferred by Rhonda Whitley (Ministry Coordinator, Congregational Development and Transformation) in 2023.
Creator
- Montpelier United Methodist Church (Montpelier, La.) (Organization)
- Title
- Finding Aid to Montpelier United Methodist Church (Montpelier, La.) records
- Author
- Beth Vogler and Chris Brown
- Date
- 2024
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Centenary College of Louisiana Archives and Special Collections Repository