YEAR BUILT:

1878

LOCATION:

157 McKinley Avenue (p.k.a. Forest Street (not avenue)) at Charles Street, southeast corner. Jamestown, New York USA

DESIGNED BY:

L.P. Coates

BUILT BY / CONTRACTOR:

Daniel Winsor

STATUS:

Building still standing and currently home of the Iglesia Pentecostal Church (but see below) . Replaced in 1903 by a new building located nearby at 30 Charles Street that was also called Branch School No. 5 but later known as Charles Street School constructed 1902-03.

HELP!!! Building is posted "NOT TO BE OCCUPIED". I am told that there is an investor interested in addressing code violations. The addition in the back had a bad roof that was repaired. Hope it will dodge the wrecking ball and the "remuddlers".

POINTS OF INTEREST:

Some familiar with the structure believed it to have originally been a church. I found an interesting article which relays what seems to have been a common practice back then of using school buildings for church services on Sunday.

The 1948 City of Jamestown, New York Directory has 157 McKinley listed as the Betty Weakland Chapel.