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At Ankeny First United Methodist Church at 710 NE 36th St., nearly 100 people filled the church hallways by 7:30 a.m. — escaping the rain outside and waiting to vote.
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The First United Methodist Church, originally known as Methodist-Episcopal Church, is a tall two-story, with a red clay tile roof.It was built in 1913, with Gothic Revival architecture that sits across the street from the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church.
The Enterprise Coal Company utilized Ankeny as a company town and went on to produce over 100,000 tons of coal in 1914, ranking among the top 24 coal producers in the state. [12] [13] In 1912, United Mine Workers Local 2476 in Ankeny had 246 members, over half of the total population at the time, and Local 2511 in Enterprise had 395 members. [14]
The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant [8] denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism.In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelicalism.
Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church and First Church merged in 1880, leaving First as the only downtown Methodist congregation. [3] The congregation dedicated a new church on Ninth Street in 1881. By 1906 the congregation numbered a thousand members even after it had founded 11 other Methodist congregations in the city. [3]
A brick church, 90 ft by 60 ft, was built on the same lot beginning in 1847. [5] [7] The brick building was dedicated on September 8, 1849. [7] In 1884, a church was built at Franklin and Sixth. [5] [7] [8] The "Hamilton" Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as the Madison Ave MEC, was started by the congregation that would become First UMC ...