A Brief History of Our Last 50 Years

When the Rev. Lawrence Larrowe came to the First Methodist Church in 1955, the church was outgrowing its 75-year-old building. The church badly needed more classrooms and parking space. Larrowe immediately began working on the project of modernizing the building. Committees were formed and were considering the idea of a new building site.

However, on the night of February 4, 1956, a fire originating in the furnace room roared through the building and in a short time destroyed everything but two burned out towers and four sturdy walls. Saddened, but undaunted by their loss, the congregation attended services the next day in the auditorium of Plattsburgh High School. Miss Edith Sierk inspired all when she sang “We Would Be Building.”


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