HISTORY OF

PATTERSON CHRISTIAN CHAPEL

 

Somewhere in the 1880s a Christian Church was established in Patterson. A house of worship was erected and for some time the society had quite a large membership but the original members mostly are all gone and no regular pastor has been engaged for some time. Occasionally, services are held in the church by a minister from Winterset.1  

This church was on the south side of Long Street in Patterson, it was erected before 1889, and it was torn down some time after 1914. The Methodists held their services in this chapel in 1914 when their new church was being built.2

Fred Runkle was Sunday School Superintendent in 1898 when a parade of all the county religious organizations was held in Winterset. G. E. Nichols was minister in 1909.3

Patterson Christian Chapel4

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Sources:

 1. History of Madison County and its People, Volume 1, Herman Mueller,
    The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1915, Chicago, Illinois
2. Note held by the Madison County Historical Society submitted by
    Mina Speer offering correction to source #4
3. The Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa, Sep 6, 1898 and 1 Apr 1909

4. The Three River Country, Compiled by The Three River Bluegrass

    League, Iowa Printing Company,1889, Des Moines, Iowa


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