Two Views Trinity Methodist Church, circa 1910

First photo: This is an early picture of the church that was completed in 1889. It, along with our early bank, was constructed of Port Deposit granite. The house at left was to become the home of Eel Ireland and his wife, Naomi.

Second photo: Here’s another view with Birdie Battersby’s former house just left of the church. In 1936 the house caught on fire and was extinguished by our fire department. Raymond Whiteoak told me this about the construction of the church: “My father, Clifford, said that my grandfather hauled all the building materials for the church with a team of horses and a wagon. Well, he would drop off the materials to the workers. Then he’d go and get whiskey and get them all drunk. It’s funny. Not many people know that their church was built by workers drinking my grandfather’s liquor.”