NEW ALBANY — The beautiful central gasolier in the Town Clock Church will be dedicated at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Second Baptist Church at 300 E. Main St. in New Albany.
All are welcome to share in the event. Parking is available in the lot across from the church at Third and Main Street.
When the church was dedicated on July 30, 1852 after three years of construction, the main sanctuary had five brass gasoliers, made possible by the newly gasified city. The 1852 article in The Tribune states, “The ceiling is twenty feet high, handsomely ornamented, suspending five richly designed chandeliers, the center one displaying…
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