Terre Haute Postcards
More postcards from my collection...
First Congregational Church
This postcard, stamped in Terre Haute on April 2nd, 1908, has the printed text...
No. C1824
Published by the American News Company, New York
Leipzig - Berlin - Dresden. Printed in Germany
Leipzig - Berlin - Dresden Litho-Chrome, ANC NY Germany trade mark
First Congregational Church
This postcard, stamped in Terre Haute but with an unreadable date stamp, has the printed text...
Published by E. L. Godecke, Terre Haute, Ind.
Printed in Great Britain
Standing at 630 Ohio Street, this church was dedicated in 1903. The congregation had been led by the Reverend Merrick A. Jewett since 1834. The 80-foot lot along with $8,000 was obtained from Demas Deming in exchange for the old church building and lot at Sixth and Cherry Streets. The gothic style church was built and outfitted for $30,000 and was designed by Trumbull & Jones of Elgin, Illinois and built by C. F. Spady of Terre Haute. The church was refurbished in 1940 by Juliet Peddle when the decorative wood and metal details were replaced with brick and stone.
First Methodist Episcopal Church
This postcard, stamped in Terre Haute on August 16th, 1909?, has the printed text...
No. C1822
Published by the American News Company, New York
Leipzig - Berlin - Dresden. Printed in Germany
Leipzig - Berlin - Dresden Litho-Chrome, ANC NY Germany trademark logo
I have another copy of this postcard that was posted in Chirich? on September 15th, 1910.
First Methodist Episcopal Church
This unused postcard has the printed text...
Published by E. L. Godecke, Terre Haute, Ind.
Printed in Great Britain
In 1909, this church was described as "the most costly and elegant Protestant church in the city". Built in 1894, at the corner of Seventh and Poplar Streets the church cost $45,000. It was dedicated on May 26th, 1985. In 1925, the church became known as the Methodist Temple after the merger of the First and Centenary Methodist Churches. In 1969, the congregation moved to the United Methodist Church at 5301 South U.S, Highway and the Methodist Temple was demolished. The Vigo County Public Library now occupy the site.
First National Bank
This matchbook lists the eight Terre Haute branches...
Main Office - 643 Wabash Avenue
Downtown Branch - 511 Wabash Avenue
Installment Loans - 509 Wabash Avenue
Plaza North Shopping Center
350 S. 25th Street
Southland Shopping Center
301 W. National Road - West Terre Haute
Seelyville
First National Bank
This matchbook is specifically about the Installment Loan Branch of the Terre Haute First National Bank at 509 Wabash Avenue.
This bank traces its roots to 1834 when the State Bank of Indiana opened its first branch in Terre Haute. It became the First National Bankof Terre Haute in 1863. In 1868, Demas Deming, who was known as the "Boy Banker", became president at just twenty-seven years old. In 1894, the Terre Haute First National Bank moved to premises at 513 Wabash Avenue. The United States Trust Company, which was formed in 1902, merged with it in 1927 and McKeen's Bank, which was formed in 1854, merged with it in 1928. In 1932, the bank adopted the name of Terre Haute First National Bank.
In 1983 Terre Haute First Corp. became the holding company for Terre Haute First National Bank. It changed its name to First Financial Corp. in 1985 and and by 2001 had assets of more than $2 billion. First Financial Corp. is a family of eight community banks serving west-central Indiana and east-central Illinois. Brokerage services are offered to customers through First Financial Services. In addition, First National Corp. is the holding company of The Morris Plan of Terre Haute, an industrial thrift.
Florence Crittenton Home
This unused postcard has the printed text...
Martin
AZO stamp logo
The Florence Crittenton Home was a "place for supervisory care of unmarried girls prior to delivery and during later convalescence." It was situated at 1923 Poplar Street and operated between 1907 and 1972. The property was sold in 1973 and the organization dissolved in 1975.
In 1882 Charles Crittenton, a wealthy New Yorker druggist supplier, lost his 4 year old daughter Florence to scarlet fever. This tragedy moved him toward philanthropic work and he started the Florence Night Mission in New York, a safe haven for "lost and fallen" women. From there the Florence Crittenton Mission was formed and Charles Crittenton traveled across the country in a railroad car donating $500 to each town willing to start a Home for young women and children in need. More than seventy Homes in total were opened. Charles Crittenton died in 1909, but the organization still has homes in places such as Arizona and Montana.
This page created 26th August 2008, last modified 12th March 2010
