Lockerbie Square United Methodist Church (Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind.) records

In 1852 a small group of German people with a preacher named Riele organized a congregation which first met in a schoolhouse. After a year they formed the German Congregational Church, which in 1855 was formally adopted as a mission by the Indiana Conference of the Evangelical Association. This church was first known as Immanuel, later as Salem and then as the First Evangelical Church. The present church building was erected in 1882.

In 1946 the First Evangelical Church merged with the United Brethren and in 1968 with the Methodists to form the New York Street United Methodist Church. In 1979 the church became Lockerbie Square UMC. In 2006 it merged with Central Avenue UMC and became known as Lockerbie Central UMC. It was a member of the South Indiana Conference and was the mother church of three other Indianapolis churches: Second Church, Beville Avenue, and Broadway. The church closed in 2013. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

1853 Founded as First German Evangelical Church

1855-1870 Immanuel Church

1870-1871 Salem Church

1871-1946 First Evangelical Church

1946-1968 New York Street Evangelical United Brethren Church

1968-1979 New York Street United Methodist Church

1979-2006 Lockerbie Square United Methodist Church

2006-2013 Lockerbie Central United Methodist Church

* 2006 merged with Central Avenue UMC * closed 2013