Fairmount Presbyterian Church

Although the original Charter was approved and signed on October 23, 1916, the beginnings of Fairmount Presbyterian Church are documented as early as 1912. As young married couples with children moved into the newly developed neighborhood along Fairmount Boulevard, the mothers joined together to begin a Sunday School for their children.

The first Church building, on the corner of Fairmount Boulevard and Scarborough Road, was built in 1915 by the Presbyterian Union and was furnished with $600 raised by the members of the newly formed Women’s Aid Society. The women members organized the new cultural and social programs: Bible study, sewing for the Red Cross, sponsoring lecture programs, raising funds, and planning church gatherings.