Fire of unknown origin broke out in the new church on Saturday night, May 12, 1895, and by 1 A. M. Sunday morning the building was a mass of smouldering ruins, with almost none of the furnishings saved. Many of the church members knew nothing of this fire until they arrived from the country for services that morning.

Six days later a new building committee went into action; it was the same except that Mr. George Andrews replaced J. B. Swartz who had died a month earlier. Instead of brick veneer a twelve-inch brick wall was specified, and under the tower and at the corners where the roof weight was carried, this was increased to an eighteen-inch wall. The first church had cost $10,000 but the thick walls of the new church, otherwise exactly the same as the old one, raised the cost to $12,000. A church bell purchased in Cincinnati about fifteen years after the first church was built was also in the second church when it burned. Because of fire damage, it was partly recast, but was installed in the third church tower the day before dedication. Reverend Curts returned October 20, 1895 for these services and brought with him a gift of 125 new hymnals to replace the ones lost in the fire.

A pipe organ costing approximately $2,500 was dedicated April 9, 1916 during the pastorate of Reverend William James Leach. When the church had a redecoration in 1951, a new electric organ with a set of chimes and amplifying system was added, and in 1953 a public address system was installed. The last two were projects of the young peoples' Wesley Class. A cry room for parents with babies was recently added.

Two ministers have left the church pulpit to aid the United States Army in war time; W. J. Leach took a years leave to join the Y. M. C. A.

The third and present Methodist Church building is exactly like the second, and stands at Second and Chestnut Streets. "The new addition was dedicated February 18, 1973."
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