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Built in the spring of 1859, the Kansas Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church was the first church built in Atchison, Kansas. President Abraham Lincoln spoke here on December 2, 1859.
Date: 1859
Item Number: 805
Call Number: FK2.A3 A.71 Met.Fir *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 805
Built Environment - Function - Religion - Religious Facility - Church
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Methodist
Date - 1854-1860 - 1859
Places - Cities and towns - Atchison
Places - Counties - Atchison
Thematic Time Period - Bleeding Kansas, 1854 - 1861
Type of Material - Photographs
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