Adventist camp at P and Mariposa streets, Fresno, California, 1890 (48/63)

Adventist camp at P and Mariposa streets, Fresno, California, 1890

Adventist camp meeting on the northwest corner of P and Mariposa streets. The Seventh-day Adventist formally organized in Fresno in 1888 after sporadic meetings in and around the area. Moses J. Church, a convert to the religion, built a $40,000 church for the congregation with a seating capacity of 800. The church was located on the northeast corner of O Street and Mariposa.

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