Elvis' Childhood Church Moves to Museum.

[presley31]

The Elvis Presley Memorial Foundation in Tupelo announced Wednesday it bought the building that once housed the First Assembly of God Church in Tupelo, where Elvis and his family once attended services. Wednesday workers removed the building from it's foundation on Berry Street and moved it over to the museum. Coordinators said the church may bring in new visitors and draw in some returning patrons.

“It'll bring a lot of people who have been to our place, now that we have a new venue they'll come back and see it as well and being the original church makes it even more interesting,” Dick Guyton, executive director of the Elvis Presley Memorial Foundation said.

The building has been a house for the past 50 years; coordinators said they have a lot of work ahead of them to renovate the building to look how it did when Elvis attended the church. Guyton said it should be ready just in time for Fan Appreciation Day in August.

2008/01/17 www.wcbi.com / www.epgold.com

[Diane]

I like that idea! I'm glad they are preserving the church Elvis went to in his childhood with his parents.

Thanks for posting the article Jen.

Diane

[presley31]

I like that idea! I'm glad they are preserving the church Elvis went to in his childhood with his parents.

Thanks for posting the article Jen.

Diane

your welcome

[john carpenter]

Cool.. but it's been a house for over 50 years? That means they'll have to recreate how it looked when Elvis and his parents attended. MMM,i'd rather see the original stucture,how it really was then.

[LORRIELOVESELVIS]

This is so nice to hear!