tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236916007489430938.post8343243361807426571..comments2024-01-31T09:23:29.647-05:00Comments on Looking Out My Window: 1899 Wellsville Circus ParadeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236916007489430938.post-29250880470916673412012-06-21T14:20:55.983-04:002012-06-21T14:20:55.983-04:00Phil - We'll have to dig out the history of th...Phil - We'll have to dig out the history of the Methodist church sometime. We do have copies of some pictures but not the particulars. However, think we heard that the building was just replaced with a newer building that's the one sitting there today. Don't think there was a fire involved. Maybe their members took a hint from the Presbyterians and the Riverside church. <br /><br />nib*************https://www.blogger.com/profile/11743918520533609830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236916007489430938.post-13544719909032664382012-06-21T00:27:31.183-04:002012-06-21T00:27:31.183-04:00Once again, thanks for sharing some great history....Once again, thanks for sharing some great history. I love the old newspaper entries!<br /><br />For some reason, I'm drawn to the images of the children in this picture. Yes, the boy in the center - but also the boy on the bike, and the girl with the flowered hat in the lower-right corner. This photo captures what must have been an exciting moment for them!<br /><br />I should know the story behind the First Methodist church's new building - but I don't. Do you have further info? Was the old building outgrown - or did it suffer (as so many buildings did in that era) a fire?<br /><br />Interesting trivia: As a teenager, I had the opportunity to look through the original blueprints for the "new" First Methodist building. I recall that there was quite a bit of cool detail in the drawings.Phil L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236916007489430938.post-38696535639134442512012-06-20T07:36:41.504-04:002012-06-20T07:36:41.504-04:00We don't know the history of when electricity ...We don't know the history of when electricity first came into being but if you look closely you can see the trolley tracks in the street. At that time the trolley was powered on electricity. The automotive industry was just in its infancy. Wellsville was a booming, progressive town at that time. There was a power station located at 3rd & Lisbon that was originally installed to supply power for the traction companies. The excess electric capacity produced was used to light homes in the town.<br /><br />nib*************https://www.blogger.com/profile/11743918520533609830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2236916007489430938.post-83242795243901008982012-06-19T11:52:42.448-04:002012-06-19T11:52:42.448-04:00kind of surprised to see the power lines in an 189...kind of surprised to see the power lines in an 1899 photo.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com