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18 ORANGE CHURCH HISTORY Building the 1924 Church Orange Church set the pattern of outgrowing its existing facilities before its hundredth anniversary. Members began planning a new church in 1924, with "Miss" Ethel Hogan recalling that church attendance had begun to pick up and that they simply needed more room. Determining the exact number of Orange Church members in 1924 is impossible because our figures were combined with those of Carrboro Methodist Church in the official records. Even if the membership figures were available, they might not have shown the true nature of the overcrowding problem, for "Miss" Ethel remembers that people in the community who were members of other churches often attended Orange because it was more convenient. Although she didn't know the physical dimensions of the old church, "Miss" Ethel did remember that all of the Sunday School classes were conducted in the same room, which made both teaching and learning difficult.The new church, which was designed by Fannie Sugg Brockwell, was to have two Sunday School rooms at the back and two at the front. Although "Miss" Ethel believed that the old church was pretty, she believed the new one was too - and that the congregation agreed that it was sorely needed. A building committee headed by Samuel J. Brockwell supervised the construction of the new sanctuary. James A. Maddry served as treasurer; Poidrous K Hogan and William C. Freeland were the remaining members. By January 1924, the plans had been completed, and construction was set to begin as soon as the weather permitted. By February 1924,the old church had been torn down, and the new building, the one that we presently use, started going up in its stead. Rev. John W. Autry, who was then serving the Orange and Carrboro charge, was so impressed with the progress that was being made on the new church that he wrote of the work in the February 28, 1924, issue of Blackwood Schoolhouse students the N. C. Christian Advocate. The new church "is going to be a most exciting building," he said. It would be "storm-sheathed, double floored, etc. made of the best material available. The house is 40 x 70 feet with four Sunday school rooms." The building would be wired for Delco lighting, which was a form of electric lighting run off of batteries. But more important, he said, "when completed [it] will be one of the most beautiful country churches I ever saw." While the new sanctuary was being built, the congregation met in the Blackwood Schoolhouse, which was located on the site of the present North Chapel Hill Baptist Church (formerly McDuffie Memorial Baptist Church), about one and one-quarter miles north of Orange Church. One of six one-room schools listed in Chapel Hill during 1924, Blackwood Fannie Sugg Brockwell and Samuel]. Brockwell
Schoolwas available for church use, and members were anxious to get theirnew home built. Rev. Autry reflected that feeling in his Advocate article,when he wrote, 'We have to have this church ready for service by themiddle or last of April if the weather is good." By the middle of February,he could report that "we have now shut it in, covered and partly ceiledoverhead, and will soon be ready for the plaster to go on." Thechurch was indeed completed inApril 1924,but church members pressedthe facility into use before the finishing touches had been applied. TheSunday School, for instance, held its first classes in the new church onthe second Sunday in April 1924, even though the building had not quitebeen completed. And the funeral of] ohn M. Stout, who died on April 1, 1924, was held in the new church before the building was finished. Membersofhis family recall having to walk on planks to enter the church. ThefuneralofThomas Edward Hogan, who died Ianuary 17,1925, was the firsto be held in the finished sanctuary. Members were so proud of their new sanctuary that they quickly plannedahomecoming for May 11, 1924,to show it offto family members, friends,and area residents. The weather intervened, and a storm forced postponementuntil June 1. The cost of the building is unknown, but financing the construction was,as always, a challenge. Help came from many directions. The contractor,D.S. Smith, for instance, gave very generously toward the buildingof the church. And church members continued to work to retire thedebtby displaying talents that later would become so familiar to later generations. JasperB. Thompson (1901-1905, 1909-1910) Clark C. Alexander (july-December 1916) George W Fisher (1905-1909) From copy in North Carolina/Collection, UniversityofNorth Carolina at Chapel Hill john R. Edwards (1916-1918) FACING TOMORROW, UNDERSTANDING YESTERDAY 19 William P. Constable (1910-1914) Benjamin O. Merritt (1918-1919) Orange Methodist Ministers 1901-1925 Not pictured.' Avery S. Abernathy (1919- 1920),john W Autry (1921-1925) William R. Shelton (1914-1916) john O. Long (1920-1921)
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