Talk:First United Methodist Church

Fire discrepancies

I have seen in several sources the building which stood at Tarragona and Intendencia from 1870-1881 referred to as the third building on that site; however, according to Lelia Abercrombie's "Early Churches of Pensacola" (p. 454), the 1858 fire damaged but did not destroy the building. Are they simply calling the repaired building a second building or was there some previous event?

More importantly, there is a conflict of dates regarding the second fire. One source, F. W. Hoskins' ["History of Methodism in Pensacola" (p.77)], says the second fire took place in 1864. However, Lelia Abercrombie's "Early Churches of Pensacola" puts the date at 1862. — dscosson • talk  15:50, 21 December 2008 (UTC)