Before we left on our little trip to East Texas, I wrote that I had some good news concerning My Hometown.
On our Main Street, we have an old church that has been abandoned for years and years. It was once a Presbyterian Church. I can remember going to a service there with my grandmother when I was a wee little girl. To this day I can hear her saying, "Now, Baby Jack, you must look your very best when you go to God's House!" I still try to look my very best, though dress has gotten to much more casual.
I don't know how long this building has been vacant but it has been quite a few years. The doors are hanging on their hinges, the windows are practically gone, the roof is in need of a new one.
Now, for the GOOD NEWS! The Keeping Munday Beautiful has acquired this building for restoration!
I have mentioned in previous posts of the talent we have in and around My Hometown! The goal is to restore this building into a community theater.
This is an artist's concept of what the old church will look like upon completion. Isn't it wonderful?
This is definitely a long range project and will take the whole community to pull it together. But that's how our town came to be in the first place, "pulling together for the common good".
God Bless!
3 comments:
that is a pretty old church,it's wonderful that it will be used for something good for Munday.
E.T. chikenherder
that is a precious updated look! I cannot wait to see the finished product. thanks for sharing, Tammie
I just read this morning your blog about the Presbyterian Church and the
plans to restore it.
That really sparked memories for me. The most-used route home for me
after school all four of my years in MHS was down Main Street to the
corner where the PC was/is and turn right to our house. I don't remember
what the name of the street is/was, and I don't have it in my records,
since our mailing address was Box 573. In fact, the most frequent reason
for my going down town after school would be to get the mail from our PO
box. Sometimes it was to go to the drugstore for a coke or something
such as that.
I was usually carrying my horn case, since band was the last class of the
day. On days when I was continuing to downtown rather than going
directly home, I would stow my horn case next to the steps going up to
the door of the church and retrieve it when I returned. It was pretty
well out of sight, at least as much so as I thought necessary.
The church was closed up and unused all the time our family lived in
Munday, as far as I know. I never saw any activity there. I admired the
architecture of the building, and of course it was an important landmark
for me. It is really exciting to me to learn of the plans for
restoration and, especially, regarding the prospective use of the
building for a community theater.
Thanks for the memories.
HF
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