the first railroad crossed the western sierra madre in the 1880s.
when did the first railroad cross the western sierra madre?
1880s
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the old north church was constructed by hand with local wood. it is located on the north side of the current sierra madre blvd at hermosa. in 1890 sierra madre blvd was a dirt street called central avenue. old north church is currently owned by its builder, sierra madre congregational church. the old north church is closely linked with the early settlement of sierra madre. the community of sierra madre was established in the fall of 1881. sierra madre congregational church started as a sunday school class in february 1882. without a building of its own, the church originally met in the city's original 1882 one-room schoolhouse at the corner of hermosa and live oak, now called orange grove. to use the schoolhouse as a church on sunday mornings, the pump organ, hymnbooks, and winter firewood were transported to the schoolhouse by the attendees. the following years the church met in the original city hall at the corner baldwin and central ave (sierra madre), then the original city library (1889), located at the current library site. with the completion of the old north church in 1890, the church had its own meeting spot. congregational church of sierra madre was officially established on march 27, 1886 as a nondenominational church congregational church, with 13 founding members, called "first congregational church of sierra madre" then. one of the 13 founding members was mrs. annetta m. carter, wife of the city founder nathaniel coburn carter. from 1908 to 1910 the old north church was expanded with the addition of new meeting rooms.
old north church (sierra madre, california)