Union Church Proposal, 1903-1907
Two letters proposing that the Granville churches form a "Union Church." The 1903 letter is from David Lyman Kibbe, pastor or the Congregational Church on the hill. The 1906 letter is from Edgar Alonzo Brownell of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which at the time was meeting in the old Universalist Church building.
The 1903 Kibbe letter refers to the Baptist, Methodist and Congregational churches, while the 1906 Brownell letter refers only to the Congregational and Baptist churches.
The third letter is dated 1907 and comments that "the outlook for consolidating of the two churches is rather remote."
There is no evidence that a Union Church was ever formed and there is no reference to this proposal in Wilson's "History of Granville."
The basic issue raised by the pastors in 1903 seems to have continued, with the Methodist church ceasing activity in 1922. In 1937 the need to have a few strong churches rather than more weak churches resulted in the formation of the Federated Church, when the First Church of Christ Congregational (the church on the hill) pooled resources with the Granville Baptist Church.
Neither Edgar Brownell (1875 - 1908) nor David Kebbe (1863 - 1933) lived to see the day when their proposal, made over 30 years earlier, would come to fruition.
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The Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation
Digital images copyright 2019, the Noble & Cooley Center for Historic Preservation
Granville Jubilee, 1895 Reconvention
Booklet commemorating the 1895 reconvention of the original 1845 Granville Jubilee at the First Church of Christ Congregational (now the Old Meeting House). <br /><br />This document can also be viewed at Internet Archive (<a href="https://archive.org/details/granvillejubilee00unse/page/n5"><strong>CLICK HERE</strong></a>).
1895
Original Document: Granville Library Historical Room
(digital scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth at the Boston Public Library and Internet Archive)
West Granville Congregational Church: Part Two: 2000 to Present
This page shows the church and some event photos taken 2000 and later. Photos used with permission.<br /><br />Photo showing American flag taken June 20, 2022 (Juneteenth). The flag is on the site where, according to legend, the Granville Minutemen held drills before going to Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War. Among them was Lemuel Haynes who grew up in West Granville and served as the first minister of the West Granville Church. He was the first ordained black Congregationalist minister in the country, a patriot dedicated to this country, and an outspoken abolitionist.<br /><br />For Part One, photos and church history prior to 2000 please <a href="https://granvillehistory.omeka.net/items/show/948">CLICK HERE.</a>
Paul Jensen: B&W photo of Church and Academy buildings, taken 12 Dec 2000.
Giguere's Photography: Aerial photo, 10 Jan 2021
Martin Kulig: Snow photo taken 01 Feb 2021.
Paul Jensen: B&W photo of Church and Academy buildings.
10 Jan 2021 Aerial: Copyright Giguere's Photography
01 Feb 2021 Snow Photo: Copyright Martin Kulig.
Images used here with permission and may not be reproduced without permission of the photographer.
Congregational Church, First Church of Christ, Main Road, Documents and Records
Documents and records from the First Church of Christ Congregational, Granville, Massachusetts, including many records kept by Rev. Timothy Mather Cooley.<br /><br />Many records from this church are on long term loan to the Congregational Library and Archives in Boston and have been digitized. To see the Granville records that have digitized go to <a href="http://www.congregationallibrary.org/nehh/series1/GranvilleMAFirst5235"><strong>THIS LINK</strong></a>. <br /><br />To see historic photos of the First Church of Christ Congregational on this site go to <a href="https://granvillehistory.omeka.net/items/show/39"><strong>THIS LINK</strong></a>. The meeting house for this church still stands and is now Granville's Old Meeting House, used for public functions.
Main Road 1580 West Granville Congregational Church, Built 1778 (Part One)
The West Granville Congregational Church, 1580 Main Road, Granville, MA. This page is Part One. For Part Two see the link below.<br /><br />For more recent photos of the church and events please <strong><a href="https://granvillehistory.omeka.net/items/show/1085">CLICK HERE.</a></strong>
1939 interior photo generously donated by Robert Hague, 2020.
Granville Library Historical Room
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West Granville Congregational Church
Congregational Church, Date Unknown
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Granville Public Library Historical Room
Missionary Stock Certificate, Schooner Robert W. Logan
1890
Granville Public Library Historical Room
Granville Congregational Church
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Granville Public Library Historical Room
Trumble Lane 0007 Sabbath Day House, Congregational Church Parsonage
Congregational Church parsonage.
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Granville Public Library Historical Room
Main Road 0683 First Congregational Church, Old Meeting House
First Congregational Church, Granville Center, Granville, MA. The building is now the Town Meeting Hall (Old Meeting House).
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Historic Photos: Granville Library Historical Room <br />Interior Photos: Granville Library Historical Room (Rowley)<br />Aerial Photo: Copyright 2020, Giguere's Photography. Shown here with permission. May not be downloaded or used further without the consent of <a href="https://gigueresphotography.com/">Giguere's Photography</a>.<br />Sign Photo: 01 Feb 2021, copyright Martin Kulig.