Brick Chapel United Methodist Church (Putnam County - Greencastle, Indiana)
MC 295, 296, 643

Archives of DePauw University

and Indiana United Methodism

Brick Chapel UMC (Putnam Co., Ind.)

Size: 1.20 linear feet

Restrictions: none

Accession #: MC79-04, MC86-41, MC87-16, MC87-63, MC90-27, MC90-35, MC90-50, M996.050, M001.045, M002.046, M002.054, M003.007, M003.024, M003.029, M004.018, M004.055

Provenance: donor

Historical Sketch

In 1822, Benjamin Jones preached the first Methodist sermon at a log cabin in Brick Chapel ( a small village north of Greencastle). In 1832, a larger log house was built by James Montgomery and friends and served as church and school. In 1835, a brick building was erected on the site where the church stands now and was dedicated as Montgomery Chapel, as Mr. Montgomery gave the land to build it. In 1872, a more modern and larger brick church was built. In 1894, it was agreed to drop the Montgomery name and the church become known as Brick Chapel M.E. Church. In 1955, an educational unit was built. The construction of a parsonage occurred in 1961. In January 1968 the church became Brick Chapel UMC by order of the Conference.

Collection Statement

This collection is comprised of various records including clippings, correspondence, histories, directories, membership records, Ladies Aid Society records, board minutes, trustees minutes, photographs, audiotapes, bound volumes and various other records related to Brick Chapel UMC.

MC 295

Boy Scouts

Cemetery

Centennial Celebration, 1872-1972

Christmas Programs

Clippings

Comments by Members

Construction, Additions, Improvements

Correspondence, miscellaneous

Directories, pictorial

History

Homecoming Services

Iglesia Metodista Nueva Vida, Edinburg, Texas

Interview Transcript: Glenn Flint

Ladies Aid Society, Booster Roll

Ladies Aid Society, Minutes 1908-1932

Ladies Aid Society, Minutes 1932-1946

Ladies Aid Society, Minutes 1946-1953

MC 296

Ladies Aid Society, Minutes 1952-1957

Ladies Aid Society, Minutes 1957-1965

Ladies Aid Society, Program Booklets 1933-1969

Ladies Aid Society, Treasurer’s Book 1916-1941

Lay Witness Mission

Membership Listings

Membership, Officers

Membership, A - K

Membership, L - Z

MC 643

Membership Profiles

Men’s Club

Ministers

National Register of Historic Places, 2003

Newsletters

Official Board Minutes

O’Hair Memorial Window

Parsonage

Photographs

Pledging, Financial Campaigns, Stewardship

Postcards

Property and Wills

Quarterly Conference Reports, Pastor’s Reports, State of the Church Reports

Trustees Minutes

Vacation Bible School

Website

Women’s Foreign Missionary Society, 1914-1917

Methodist Bound Volumes

#1064 Treasurer’s Record, 1935-1943

#1125 Historical Record, includes marriages, membership, births, etc. 1894-1956

#1126 Historical Record, includes marriages, membership, births, etc. 1894-1949

#1127 Sunday School minutes and attendance, 1891-1892

#1132 Treasurer’s Record, 1924-1935

#2876 Ladies Aid Treasurer’s Record, 1954-1964

#3214 Record Book, 1947-1951

#4898 Membership Roll, ca. 1900 - ca. 1972

#4899 Women’s Foreign Missionary Society Minutes, 1914-1916

#4900 Epworth League Minutes, 1913-1915

#4901 Treasurer’s Record, 1941-1954

Audio

Cassette #726 / CD 25a, 25b Glenn Flint interviewed by Henry Oakes, June 1, 1978

Cassette #1296 Francis and Irene Lane interviewed by Jim and Kathy Ritter, December 6, 1989

Cassette #1297 / CD 22 James M. O’Hair interviewed by Jim Ritter, December 8, 1989

Cassette #1298 Reva Cox interviewed by Kathy Ritter, December 20, 1989

Cassette #1299 / CD 24 Ray and Lorna Beck interviewed by Jim and Kathy Ritter, January 4, 1990

Cassette #1300 / CD 23 Nettie O’Hair interviewed by Clarke Hendrich, December 20, 1989

Cassette #1301 Jim Ritter interviewed by Clarke Hendrich, December 5, 1989

Cassette #1347 Eula Clyde Ames interviewed by John Brackney, March 24, 1990

Cassette #1348 Lorraine Allen interviewed by John Brackney, December 6, 1989

Cassette #1349 E. J. Early interviewed by John Brackney, April 10, 1990

Cassette #1447 Clarke Hendrich, Winter Term in Mission, interviewed by Wes Wilson, October 4, 1991

Cassette #1448 Clarke Hendrich, Winter Term in Mission, interviewed by Wes Wilson, October 4, 1991

Cassette #1828 Beth Hendrich interviews Clarke Hendrich, April 2001

Cassette #1829 Brick Chapel / Mt. Pleasant - Larry Reeves, Hendrich, Beth Bridges, Mary Blue 6/12/2001

Cassette #1830 Rev. Bob Weaver, 1993

Museum Objects

Museum Object 005.07 - Plaque: “Doors Presented in Memory of Lillian O’Hair Rutter, 1954"