At the end of the 19th century,
Methodist began to meet in homes for worship services and Sunday School
classes. On August 6, 1896, one of the founders of Eunice,
C.C. Duson, donated the land for the church. For its first two years,
Rev. W.E. Fraser came to town from his home in Lake Charles once a month
to hold services.
The Baptists and Methodists
took turns holding Sunday School on Sunday afternoons in the Methodist
church until the Baptists built their own building in 1905. At that
time, all Protestant marriages in Eunice were recorded at the Methodist
church.
A parsonage was built under
the leadership of Rev. S.D. Howard (1909-10). A larger church was
built in 1918. That second church was replaced by a brick edifice
in the early 1940s. The stained glass windows memorialize past leaders
in the church.
In 1950, a new parsonage was
built, along with an education building. The final unit of the education
building was added in 1960.
The parsonage was remodeled
in 1978. In 1983, the roof and ceiling of the education building
were renovated. |
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