Frazer Memorial Methodist Church began in 1889 when a local
preacher organized a Sunday school in a storeroom on Holt
Street in Montgomery, Alabama. The group started to grow and
purchased a house on Heron Street as a meeting place. In 1892 a
minister was assigned to the group and the church was organized. In
1898 property was purchased on Clayton Street and the name was
changed to Clayton Street Methodist Church. The church remained
there and grew. In 1937 the name of the church was changed from
Clayton Street to Frazer Memorial.
In the 1960s Frazer Memorial Church had about 500 members.
Interstates 85 and 65 were planned to intersect just a few blocks west
of the church. This intersection required the purchase of large plots of
land near the church building. Most people in the parish area had to
relocate to other sections of the city. It became apparent that the
interstate system had destroyed the neighborhood concept around
which Frazer Memorial was built.
A committee was formed to discuss the future of Frazer Memorial.
Most of the members had relocated to different parts of the city.
Relocation of the church property would be difficult because there was
no particular section of the city to which many members had moved.
Some local consultants, and outside consultants from the denomina-
tional headquarters, were involved in the decision making. Because
the members had relocated to such different geographical locations in
the city, the consultants basically suggested that the church disband
and encourage the members to join Methodist congregations near
their new residences.
The committee at Frazer insisted that God still had a future for their
congregation and that some means of relocation should be worked out.
Initially some property in the south section of the city was offered to
Frazer. The congregation, actually purchased a parsonage near that
property. However, some events led district leaders to give that prop-
erty to another congregation. The consultants came back to the local
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