Drummer's Window

The Drummer’s Window

author:  unknown, possibly Janet Sims, with corrections by Donna Somers (2021)


Although the window called “the Drummers’ Window” was not originally installed in the present church, its origin and name are of a special significance.


“Drummers”, or traveling salesmen, would travel through McKinney periodically to sell their wares.  As the church was near downtown McKinney, and as many of the “Drummers” would stay in the hotel on the corner of Virginia and Kentucky Streets, often on Sundays the “Drummers” would walk the two blocks north and attend the church services.  These men donated money for a window and the symbol inscribed was that of a “suitcase” - a most appropriate yet unusual symbol for a church window.  This window was placed in the second church, just to the right as one entered the sanctuary. 


It was moved to the present church, but was put in storage for a number of years.  It was rediscovered, restored, and installed in the present church, in a location very similar to its location in the second church -  just to the right as one enters the church, between the Narthex and the church office.


Although there were many, only the name of J. L. Lovejoy has been recorded as one of the “Drummers” - the men with the suitcases.

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