1809-1909 Centennial Souvenir

FOURTH CHURCH for use, and those using it, not thinking it the right place for them, gave up their interest to the others, and. also its materi~ls were used in the construction of the new edifice in Cedarville. Thus the fourth _edifice has in it, materials from the old church of 1824, and also .from that of 1839. It is of brick, 45 by 67 feet with a twelve-foot vestibule, and was finished inside with the same pul1:iit and pews tl;at were irt the former brick chu_r.ch erected in 1839. [This fourth edifice is the one that was pur– ~h-ased in 1902 by Mr. William Aiford, and. donated to Cedar– ville College as a gymnasium, receiving the name of Alford Memorial, in honor of his parents, Rev. and Mrs. John Alford.] 16