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BUMC Photographs, 1872-1915
Photographs from Barrington United Methodist Church archives

Cook Street church from 1872-1931

Photo taken by Rev. Tuttle of the Cook Street church

1893 Sunday School Class
Back row (left to right): Charlie Runyan, George Nightingale, Wesley Smiley, Charlie Dunning, Frank Harrower, Robert Nightingale, Will Harrower
Second row (left to right): Lueila Clark, Carrie Golden, Melissa Houghtling, Bertha Siebert, Nora Houghtling, Sadie Hutchinson
Front row (left to right): Lillie Harrower, Hattie Porter, Clara Allensly, Kate Adams, Ada O. Harnden (Mrs. Harvey A), teacher of the class and related to Charles Welty

Inside the Cook Street church. Taken at the time of President William McKinley's memorial service. McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo, N.Y. in September 1901.

1905 Bible Study Class
Top row (left to right): Lydia Lytle, Victor Rieke, Louise Rieke, Sandy Rieke, Gertrude Schwamm, R.D. Wells, Carrie Kinsley, Ada Harnden, Mrs. Winter, Mildred White, Rev. Lapham, Elmer Peckham, George Lytle
Front row (left to right): Grace Freeman, Harry Mack, Mrs. Franklin Lapham (wife of minister), Alydia Rieke (mother of Victor, Sandy & Louise), Frank Dormeyer

Seating chart for the 1905 Sunday School Class
Books about Barrington Area History
History of Cook County, Illinois
Andreas, A.T.
Stowaway to Heaven
Barsumian, Nazareth Sarkis
They Builded Better Than They Knew
Benson, Barbara L.
Echoes of a Century
First Baptist Church (Barrington, IL).
A Club in the Country: The Story of Barrington Hills Country Club
Schmitz, Patty Dowd.
Hark Back to Barrington: Fifty Years with the Fox River Valley Hunt
Fitch, Victoria R., and D. Susan Johnson.
A History of Barrington, Illinois
Lines, Arnett C.
Tales of Old Barrington
Sharp, Cynthia Baker
