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This sepia colored photograph shows the Bethel Healing Home that later housed the Topeka Provident Association. Located at the corner of Fourth and Jackson streets in Topeka, Kansas, the building was used from 1898 to 1900 by faith healers Charles and Sarah Parham as a Christian center. The ground floor of the Bethel Healing Home furnished a large chapel, public reading room, and printing office where the "Apostolic Faith" paper was published. After the Parhams left Topeka to conduct Pentacostal revivals, the building housed the Topeka Provident Association to assist victims recovering from the 1903 flood. Available services included cooking and sewing classes for girls, a boy's club, a library, and a day care center.
Date: Between 1898 and 1920
Item Number: 212248
Call Number: FK2.S5 T.728 *1
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212248
Built Environment - Function - Religion - Ceremonial Site
Built Environment - Function - Religion - Church-Related Residence
Built Environment - Function - Religion - Religious Facility - Chapel
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Clubs and organizations - Charitable
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Pentecostal
Date - 1890s - 1898
Date - 1900s
Date - 1910s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
Places - Cities and towns - Topeka
Places - Counties - Shawnee
Type of Material - Photographs
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