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The church was originally established as the Fetterman Methodist Episcopal Church in 1873 and is the "Mother of Methodism" in the area.

1. West Main Street Methodist Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

Flags decorate Main Street in Grafton, W. Va.

2. Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

A view of Main Street in Grafton, West Virginia. Two cars are parked near a restaurant.

3. Restaurant on Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

J. C. Penney Co., is located between Friedman's and Beagle Dentist, on Main Street, in Grafton, West Virginia.

4. J. C. Penney Company Store, Grafton, W. Va.

View of the shops on Main Street in Grafton, W. Va.

5. Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) sign on the left side, behind a man wearing large hat. All persons in the photograph are unidentified.

6. Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

The back of a horse drawn wagon is seen moving down the dirt paved Main Street.

7. Main Street in Sixties, Grafton, W. Va.

This church known as the "Mother Church of Mother's Day" and is where the Mother's Day holiday began when Mrs. Ann Reeves Jarvis began an effort to reunite family ties that had been broken during the Civil War. The day of reunification, first called "Mother's Friendship Day", was an organized event in which mother's of the community were brought together. Union and Confederate soldiers and their family members also participated, shaking each other's hands and rekindling friendship.Today, the holiday has grown to be internationally celebrated and recognized. This church currently holds an International Mother's Day shrine.

8. Andrews Methodist Church, Grafton, Taylor County, W. Va.

A view of Main Street in Grafton, West Virginia.

9. Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

View of Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

10. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot, Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

Central Lunch, The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co. Grocer, and other buildings on Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

11. Street Scene Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

A Candy Shop is located in the Cohen Building on Main Street in Grafton, West Virginia.

12. Cohen Building on Main Street in Grafton, W. Va.

The front of the G.L. Jolliffe Store on Main Street in Grafton, West Virginia.

13. G. L. Jolliffe Store, Grafton, W. Va.

Grafton Bank and Trust on Main Street in Grafton, West Virginia.

14. Grafton Bank and Trust, Grafton, W. Va.

A bustling image of Main Street, Grafton, W. Va..

15. Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

Baptist Church building on Main Street in Grafton, West Virginia.

16. Baptist Church, Grafton, W. Va.

17. Postcard with Photo of Main Street Grafton, W. Va.

People fill the Main Street in Grafton, W. Va.

18. Crowded Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

Man drives the first car in Grafton down Main Street

19. First Automobile in Grafton, W. Va. Driving on Main Street

Parade going down Main Street Grafton for the Circus Day Parade.

20. Parade on Main Street for Circus Day, Grafton, W. Va.

A group on horses ride down Main Street Grafton on Circus Day.

21. Parade on Main Street for Circus Day, Grafton, W. Va.

Wood frame houses line the Main Street in Grafton W. Va. during the 1860s.

22. Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

Y.M.C.A., J. G. McCrory Five and Dime Store, and other buildings are located on the McCormick Block, Main Street, in Grafton, West Virginia.

23. McCormick Block, Grafton, W. Va.

A view of Grafton, West Virginia from the corner of Lafayette Street and Main Street. Three gentlemen are talking while other people are window shopping.

24. Corner of Lafayette Street and Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

Postcard of buildings and carriages on Main Street looking East in Grafton, Taylor County, West Virginia.

25. Main Street, Grafton, W. Va. Looking East

26. Band on a Platform at the First National Bank on Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

Man with a small child on a balcony overlooking Main Street in Grafton, W. Va.

27. Unidentified Father and Daughter on a Balcony, Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

Snow on the ground in front of the St. Matthias Episcopal Church on Main Street in Grafton, West Virginia.

28. St. Matthias Episcopal Church, Grafton, W. Va.

Main Street in Grafton, W. Va.

29. Deluxe Lunch and Conoco Gas on Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

Brick street (West Main Street) Gas Freedom Oil on the right side and houses on the left.

30. Homes on West Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.

Busy scene in downtown Grafton. YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) sign on the left side on the street. All persons in the photograph are unidentified.

31. Main Street, Grafton, W. Va.