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Heritage Square
Museum
3800 Homer Street
Los Angeles, California 90031
Tel.
323-225-2700
Where History Comes Alive!
The
cornerstone of the Lincoln Avenue
Methodist
Church
was laid September 21, 1897.
The church opened for services
on April 17
the following year. Designed in the Carpenter Gothic and Queen Anne
styles, the floor plan follows the Methodist tradition of non-axial plans.
This plan, with the entrance in one corner and the pulpit in the opposite,
is known as the Akron style, having originated in Akron, Ohio.
In 1898, the church was surrounded by orange groves and soon became the focal point of a new community. In the late 1960's the congregation had grown exponentially. After merging with another Methodist congregation, the church became the Lincoln Avenue Methodist Social Service Center, a community center for church functions and classes. In 1979 the church, in disrepair, was purchased by the United States Postal Service.
In 1981, with no alternative but demolition, the church was cut into six pieces and moved to the museum from its original site on the southeast corner of Orange Grove Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue in Pasadena. The beautifully ornate stained glass windows and the pews were unfortunately stolen before the church came to Heritage Square Museum. Current efforts to replicate the original window design are underway. More pictures of the original windows are needed to complete the project. Individuals who have images (color or black and white) of the windows are asked to mail copies to the museum offices.