From 1872 until 1968, the northwest corner of E. Wooster and N. Prospect Streets in Bowling Green was home to two Methodist church buildings. Although Methodism in Bowling Green dated back to the late 1830's, the early congregation first met in a log schoolhouse and later in a small shared church at the northwest corner of S. Main and W. Washington Streets. Seeking a building of its own, the congregation bought property at E. Wooster and N. Prospect, began construction on a red brick church in 1869, and completed it in 1872, adding the spire a few years later. The church seated 250 and cost $6200 to build, but by the mid-1890's it no longer met the needs of the growing congregation. In 1897, plans were made for a new $24,000 stone church, the brick church was razed in June 1898, and the new church was dedicated on December 10, 1899. Besides serving the congregation, it also housed the first library for the new Bowling Green Normal School until a campus library could be built. By the mid 1960's, changing congregational needs, limited parking, and upkeep of the older building led to construction of a new Methodist church at 1526 E. Wooster St. in 1968, after which the stone church was demolished and the land was sold for a gas station and convenience store. On the northeast corner of E. Wooster and N. Prospect Streets, hotels stood for almost 110 years. The first was the wood-frame Russell House, built in 1870 by Larry Burns, with stable services for guests. In 1894, Alfred and Mrs. Russell sold it to Charles and Rebecca Ross, former managers of the Lease House at the Four Corners, and it became the Ross Hotel. In April 1922, the wooden building was replaced by a modern brick hotel with 40 rooms that opened on November 30 that year, also under the Ross Hotel name. Along with guest rooms, it offered a bar and lounge, and the von Trapp family singers were once guests there. The Ross Hotel continued in operation until fire destroyed it on December 12, 1979. For more than 74 years, three generations of the Ross family operated hotels in Bowling Green, including the Ross Hotel, the former Lease House at the southeast corner of E. Wooster and S. Main Streets, and the New Ross Hotel in the Brown Block at the southeast corner of E. Court and N. Main Streets. After the fire, the hotel was razed, the site remained vacant for nearly 35 years, and in 2015 a local developer turned the lot into commercial establishments and apartments.