1851
In 1851 a church was constructed on High Street that served as the Christian Church for approximately eighteen years until ownership transferred to the German Lutheran congregation. This area is now the parking lot for the post office.
The Zinser family arrived in Washington in 1851.
Hiram H. Kellogg arrived in Washington in 1851. The well-travelled Kellogg was known as the first President of Knox College and was also a church builder and a passionate about the temperance and abolitionist causes. After leaving Knox College, where during his time as President he had spent a year in Europe, and returning home to the east in 1847, he came to Washington and served here as a teacher and a preacher for one year in 1851. He then moved on to another of his many stops.