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FIRST
PROTESTANT CHURCH
THIS METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. THE FIRST
PROTESTANT PLACE OF WORSHIP TO BE ERECTED
IN DOWNIEVILLE. WAS ORGANIZED IN 1855 BY
REV. H. EWART, WHO BECAME THE FIRST REGULAR
PASTOR IN 1856. NECESSARY FUNDS WERE RAISED
BY REV. JOHN B. HILL.
TABLET FURNISHED BY CALIFORNIA CENTENNIALS COMMISSION.
BASE PROVIDED BY NAOMI PARLOR NO. 36, NATIVE DAUGHTERS
AND DOWNIEVILLE PARLOR NO. 92. NATIVE SONS OF THE GOLDEN WEST
DEDICATED JUNE 25. 1950
AT DOWNIEVILLE, CALIF.
EASTMAN'S STUDIO
B-7910
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