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Welcome to the Vandalia
Community Preservation Association!
Thursday, April 25, 2024
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The Vandalia Community
Preservation Association,
Inc., was organized in 1995 by a small all-volunteer group of concerned
community members, who recognized the important historic significance of the
former Vandalia United Methodist Church building and undertook its purchase,
preservation, and restoration. More...
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Historic Vandalia, Indiana
(Village
Platted February 1839)
In 2019 the two
treasured historic structures remaining in this village, our
chapel and schoolhouse, were placed on the National
Register of Historic Places and the Indiana Registry of Historic Sites
and Structures.
Land for a
church was deeded by Elijah Powell to the Trustees of the Methodist
Episcopal Church in 1853. The present chapel was erected in 1895.
Land for the
District # 2 School was deeded by James M. and Ellen Davis to Lafayette
Township in 1863. Local children were taught in the one-room school
building from 1868 until 1951.
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The latest event updates from Vandalia,
Indiana can be found by clicking on the Chapel image
below.
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If you have questions
about this organization, please feel free to communicate with a VCPA Board member. Here's a quick button link to our contact
information:
Acknowledgment
& Thank
you!
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Your involvement and continued support of
historic preservation in Vandalia, Indiana is much appreciated!
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| © 2011 - 2024 Vandalia
Community Preservation Association, Inc. |
This
website is a gift, wholly constructed, provided and maintained by a volunteer VCPA member.
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| Last Update: January 1, 2024 |
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