Clayton Presbyterian Church history
Collection — Folder: S2483
Identifier: S2483
Scope and Contents
This collection includes two pages of text from Clayton Presbyterian Church in Clayton, Hendricks County, Indiana, in 1931, regarding the history and centennial celebration of the Clayton Presbyterian Church.
Dates
- 1931
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Administrative History
The Cumberland Presbyterian Church of Liberty Township was organized in Belleville Hendricks County, Indiana in 1831 by Reverend Alexander C. Downey, a missionary from Kentucky. Downey died a few years later and was buried at a cemetery south of nearby Clayton. Two years after the church was organized, it was admitted into the Wabash Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Having no regular place of worship at first, the congregation met in members' homes and local schoolhouses, first Bellville's, then the Mitchell schoolhouse on the Clayton-Hazelwood Road beginning in 1846. In 1851, the church erected a building of their own on a lot donated by Richard Worrel in the newly laid-out town of Clayton (first named Claysville). After the church moved to Clayton, it was renamed Clayton Presbyterian Church. The church grew quickly and relocated four times in the next 60 years to accommodate its increasing membership. The congregation celebrated the church's centennial in 1931. The building was destroyed by fire on December 23, 1944 and henceforth, the church's slogan became: "From the ashes we shall arise." The existing building took a decade to complete (1946-1956) due to funding issues and the rising costs of building materials after World War II. In 2023, the church remains in operation and is still located in its 1946 building at 4887 Pennsylvania Street in Clayton, Indiana.
Sources:
Item in the collection.
Clayton Presbyterian Church. "About." Accessed August 29, 2023. http://claytonpres.org/about.
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection comprises one item.
Custodial History
This collection was recieved by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation by Ida Mae Miller on 1970/10/24.
Accruals
No further additions to the collection are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed on 2023/07/25 by A.J. Chrapliwy. EAD finding aid created on 2023/08/28 by A.J. Chrapliwy. EAD finding aid revised 2023/08/29 by Brittany Kropf.
- Title
- Clayton Presbyterian Church history
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
