 Denison Daily Cresset January 9, 1877 pg. 4 FOR SALE ...The Methodist Episcopal church and 2 lots on which it stands, located on Woodard street back of the First National bank. Can be purchased on reasonable terms, for further particulars apply to A.J. Poff, Denison, Texas. In early December 1877 the Denison Daily Herald reported that Deacon Dave Williams, barber, of the African American Methodist Church, assisted by his daughter, Miss Clara Belle Williams, school teacher, bargained for and purchased the Methodist Episcopal church building for $450.00. A news article one month later stated the sale price at $600. Denison Daily Herald Sunday, December 9, 1877 pg. 4 Wm. Hughes, real estate agent, disposed of the old M.E. church Saturday to Deacon Dave Williams, for $450. The church will be moved from its present site to the northeast part of the city, and be used by the colored M.E. congregation. The colored school will also occupy the building. The Denison Daily News Wednesday, April 3, 1878 pg. 4 The old M.E. church, which was sold to the M.E. church (colored), was moved to the corner of Walker street and Austin avenue, Tuesday. The building was moved to the northwest corner of Austin Avenue and Walker street on April 2, 1878 . Clara Williams was teaching classes in the newly located Quinn Chapel less than two weeks after it was moved. The news article below describes the grounds of the church: THE COLORED SCHOOL The colored school has been moved to the colored Methodist church, at the extreme north end of Austin Avenue. The present location is an excellent one. Large trees surround the building, furnishing shade at all hours of the day, and a spring of excellent water is within close proximity of the school. The "colored school" was conducted in the Quinn Chapel from 1878 to 1886. In 1886 Anderson School opened at the corner of West Bond Street and North Mirick Avenue, being the first city-supported school for African-American students in Denison. It was located a block south and four blocks west of Quinn Chapel. Denison Daily Herald Monday, September 23, 1878 GOD'S TEMPLES Our Little Churches Around the Corner. Amid the Whirl of Business are These Cherished A.M.E. Church, Colored The church was established in 1873 and has been in charge of various pastors until the present, Rev. Hamilton. The society owns a commodious church building on north Austin avenue and is in a flourishing condition. The Sunday Gazetteer Sunday, May 12, 1895 pg. 4 Rev. Nunn, pastor of the African M.E. church, was making the rounds of the business houses last week soliciting money to be used in making repairs on the church edifice. The Sunday Gazetteer Sunday, November 15, 1896 pg. 1 The colored people of the M.E. church on north Austin avenue, observed an old time honored custom Thursday night. Five years ago the church edifice was re-modeled, involving an outlay of $500. The money was borrowed of C.C. McCarthey with interest at 10 per cent. The hard times has mitigated against prompt payment. Thursday, the mortgage was lifted. In the evening there was a large gathering at the church and with much formal ceremony and congratulatory address from minister and elders, the mortgage was burned by a young woman who stood on a chair. As the document disappeared in the flames, there was much feeling expressed by shouts of amen, tec. At the conclusion of the ceremony there was much hand shaking and good will expressed. The church is in a flourishing condition, and is the best colored edifice in Denison. It is very likely that the church was named in honor of William Paul Quinn (1788 - 1873), one of the founders and the fourth Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, formally organized in Philadelphia in 1816. Quinn Chapel remained in service as a church until it was destroyed by fire in 1960.  Quinn Chapel AME Church History Churches Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |