Church of Christ Church, Tingley IA

JONES

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 5/9/2010 at 17:11:48

Church of Christ, Tingley, Iowa

Twice-A-Week News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
June 12, 1896

A METROPOLITAN CHURCH.

The above picture showe the church of Christ, erected at Tingley last year [1895] at a cost of $5100. It is of good size, probably accommodating as many people as any other church building in the county. In every arrangement it is strictly modern, being built with all the conveniences of a city church. We know of no other protestant church of equal style in a town of the size of Tingley. The windows are of stained glass, the seats are in a semicircular form on a gentle incline, and the fresco the equal of anything in southwestern Iowa. The fresco was done by V. G. JONES of Mt. Ayr, who is acquiring a reputation as an interior decorator which extends far beyond the limits of Ringgold county. His work on the above church, worth hundreds of dollars, was donated, which however makes it none the less valuable.

SOURCE:
Twice-A-Week News, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. June 12, 1896.
Article reprinted in Mount Ayr Record-News, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa. June 16, 2005.

Transcriptions by Sharon R. Becker June of 2009; updated May of 2010

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