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| Title | First Methodist Episcopal Church of Ogden |
| Subject | Baptist, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Methodist, Ogden Buddhist Temple, Presbyterian, Saint Joseph's Catholic Church |
| Description | For nearly twenty years after the first pioneers came to Utah, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was the only religious denomination in the area. That changed in Weber County with the introduction of Catholicism in 1866. By 1888, Ogden City had a thriving religious community with Saint Joseph's Catholic Church, Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, the Methodists, Presbyterians, and Baptists. The Ogden Buddhist Temple was organized in 1913. With the railroad in the center of Ogden, it allowed for people from the East to come and settle the area and bring their religion into the once LDS dominated area. Ogden City has grown to accommodate the religious needs of its cosmopolitan population with eighteen active religious organizations in the area. |
| Image Captions | The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Ogden was organized in 1870 with Reverend G. M. Pierce holding the first services at the Union and Central Pacific Railroad station. With membership increasing during the 1880s, a new church was erected on 24th street in 1890 at a cost of $65, 000. The building served as the Methodist Church headquarters until 1925 when a new church was built on 26th and Jefferson. |
| Publisher Digital | Stewart Library - Weber State University |
| Date Original | 1920s |
| Date Digital | 2008 |
| Type | image |
| Original Format | 8 x 10 in. black and white photograph |
| Digital Format | TIFF/JPG/PDF |
| Digitization Specifications | Archived TIFF images were scanned by Kathleen Broeder at 400 dpi with an Epson Expression 10000XL scanner. Digital images were reformatted in Photoshop. JPG and PDF files were then created for general use. |
| Digital Identifier | 002_FirstMethodist_Church |
| Source | P 55 Box 4 FD 2 Special Collections, Stewart Library, Weber State University |
| Language | eng |
| Relation | http://library.weber.edu/asc/speccoll/registers/photograph/p55.cfm |
| Rights Management | Digital Image Copyright 2008. Materials may be used for non-profit and educational purposes, please credit the Special Collections Department, Stewart Library, Weber State University. |
