Methodist Episcopal Church interior

Black and white photograph of the interior of a church in Woodstock, Illinois. Rows of pews are seen in the foreground. In the background is a large pipe organ. A man and a woman are posing in front of the pipe organ.

Title

Methodist Episcopal Church interior

Description

Methodist Episcopal church interior before the 1923 fire.The church was built in 1871 and burned Feb. 4, 1923. Leila Brooks Hockey is the organist and Bill Robinson is holding the book. The print is much more recent than when the photo was taken.
Pipe organ
Gas light chandelier

Date clues: Leila Brooks Hockey was born April, 1884
Her hat is older than the hats in the Methodist cornerstone laying photo
William H. Robinson was born in 1868

Source

Medlar Studio

Date

../1923

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Citation

Medlar Studios, Woodstock, “Methodist Episcopal Church interior,” Woodstock Public Library Archives, accessed December 6, 2024, https://woodstockpubliclibraryarchives.omeka.net/items/show/261.

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