On August 5, 1915 a devastating fire destroyed the Emerson Hotel, Hyer House Hotel and the Methodist Church. between Main and and Cottage Streets. The three-story Emerson Hotel would not be rebuilt. The Methodist Church on the other hand were able to salvage the burnt out hull of their building.

It would be a slow tedious process. Due to financial constraints the church did not want to take on any more debt. In 1917, the church was completed and fully functional. The one alteration was that the steeple was not replaced.

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