List of Methodist churches in the United States
This is a list of Methodist churches in the United States. It includes notable churches either where a church means a congregation (in the New Testament definition) or where a church means a building (in the colloquial sense). It also includes campgrounds and conference centers and retreats that are significant Methodist gathering places, including a number of historic sites of camp meetings. This very limited list includes only historically or architecturally significant buildings, and omits many of the currently very largest and influential congregations which do not meet that standard. Methodism was founded with a large component being a rejection of past churches and was developed by John Wesley and others in large open-air gatherings in Great Britain. In the United States, Methodists (along with Baptists and other Protestants) were major participants in the Second Great Awakening wherein people would travel from a large area to a particular site to camp out, listen to itinerant preachers, and pray. The list also includes selected notable Methodist theological buildings.
In the United States, numerous Methodist churches are listed on the National Register of Historic Places[1] and on state and local historic registers, many reflecting the values of plainness, of Gothic architecture, of simple adornment. The Greek Revival style is also simple and came to be adopted for numerous American Methodist churches.
Selected salient ones
Several, selected significant Methodist churches in the U.S. are:
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Barratt's Chapel | ![]() |
1780 built 1972 NRHP-listed |
39°1′28.6″N 75°27′34.36″W / 39.024611°N 75.4595444°W |
Frederica, Delaware | "Cradle of Methodism", where Methodism first took hold in the United States in 1784 |
Lovely Lane United Methodist Church | ![]() |
1884 built 1973 NRHP-listed |
39°18′52″N 76°36′57″W / 39.31444°N 76.61583°W |
Baltimore, Maryland | Romanesque Revival style, known as the Mother Church of American Methodism |
St. George's United Methodist Church | ![]() |
1767 built 1971 NRHP-listed |
39°57′17.9″N 75°8′46.82″W / 39.954972°N 75.1463389°W |
Philadelphia | The oldest Methodist church worship in continuous use in the United States.[2] |
Mother Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church | ![]() |
1794 built 1972 NRHP-listed |
39°56′35″N 75°9′9″W / 39.94306°N 75.15250°W |
Philadelphia | Romanesque style, The founding church of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.[3] |
Other U.S. significant Methodist churches: (by state then city or town)
Alabama
Arizona
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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First United Methodist Church of Glendale | ![]() |
1928 built 2006 NRHP-listed |
7102 N. 58th Dr. 33°32′24″N 112°11′4″W / 33.54000°N 112.18444°W |
Glendale, Arizona | Late Gothic Revival |
Saint John's Methodist Episcopal Church | 1917 built 1986 NRHP-listed |
35°11′28″N 114°3′0″W / 35.19111°N 114.05000°W | Kingman, Arizona | Classical Revival architecture | |
Garfield Methodist Church | 1925 built 1993 NRHP-listed |
33°27′33″N 112°3′11″W / 33.45917°N 112.05306°W | Phoenix, Arizona | ||
Moscow Methodist Church and Cemetery | 1864 built 2006 NRHP-listed |
33°46′42″N 93°22′0″W / 33.77833°N 93.36667°W | Prescott, Arizona | Bungalow/craftsman | |
First Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage (Williams, Arizona) | 1891 built 1984 NRHP-listed |
35°19′47″N 112°11′17″W / 35.32972°N 112.18806°W | Williams, Arizona | Gothic Revival | |
Methodist Episcopal Church (Yuma, Arizona) | ![]() |
1905 built 1982 NRHP-listed |
32°43′20″N 114°37′13″W / 32.72222°N 114.62028°W | Yuma, Arizona | Mission Revival |
Arkansas
California
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Bardsdale Methodist Episcopal Church | 1898 built 1986 NRHP-listed |
1498 Bardsdale Av. 34°22′17″N 118°55′55″W / 34.37139°N 118.93194°W |
Fillmore, California | Only example of "Carpenter Gothic" in Ventura County | |
Fullerton First Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Fullerton, California | |||
Methodist Episcopal Church at Half Moon Bay | built NRHP-listed |
Half Moon Bay, California | |||
Methodist Episcopal Church of Pescadero | built NRHP-listed |
Pescadero, California | |||
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Point Arena, California | |||
Park Place Methodist Episcopal Church South | built NRHP-listed |
San Diego, California |
Colorado
Connecticut
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Methodist Episcopal Church (Greenwich, Connecticut) | 1868 built 1988 NRHP-listed |
61 E. Putnam Ave.41°1′58″N 73°37′35″W / 41.03278°N 73.62639°W | Greenwich, Connecticut | Ferris & McClure, with architectural styles: Italianate, Gothic Revival, Carpenter Gothic | |
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | 1873 built 1994 NRHP-listed |
2051 Main St.41°46′58″N 72°40′37″W / 41.78278°N 72.67694°W | Hartford, Connecticut | Late Victorian | |
St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal Church | 1900 built NRHP-listed |
1886-1906 Park St.41°45′50″N 72°42′38″W / 41.76389°N 72.71056°W | Hartford, Connecticut | Romanesque, designed by George W. Kramer | |
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church | ![]() |
built 2007 NRHP-listed |
69 Main St.41°40′2″N 72°46′51″W / 41.66722°N 72.78083°W | New Britain, Connecticut | Romanesque |
Rockville United Methodist Church 142 Grove Street, Rockville, CT 06066
Delaware
District of Columbia
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Eldbrooke United Methodist Church | ![]() |
built 1926 NRHP-listed |
4100 River Road, N.W. 38°56′55.72″N 77°4′48.79″W / 38.9488111°N 77.0802194°W |
Washington, D.C. | |
Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church | ![]() |
built 1886 NRHP-listed |
1518 M Street, N.W. 38°54′19″N 77°2′9″W / 38.90528°N 77.03583°W |
Washington, D.C. | |
Asbury United Methodist Church (Washington, D.C.) | ![]() |
founded 1836 NRHP-listed |
Eleventh and K Sts., NW 38°54′8″N 77°1′39″W / 38.90222°N 77.02750°W |
Washington, D.C. | Designed by Clarence Lowell Harding in Late Gothic Revival and English Gothic Revival architecture |
Mount Zion United Methodist Church | built 1876 NRHP-listed |
1334 29th St., NW. 38°54′28″N 77°3′31″W / 38.90778°N 77.05861°W |
Washington, D.C. |
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Albion Methodist Church | 1887 built 1986 NRHP-listed |
102 North St. 42°24′47″N 113°34′39″W / 42.41306°N 113.57750°W |
Albion, Idaho | Has also been known as "Albion Grange Hall" | |
Immanuel Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Boise, Idaho | |||
First United Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho | |||
Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Emmett, Idaho | |||
Trinity Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
Idaho Falls, Idaho | |||
Lewiston Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
Lewiston, Idaho | |||
Mackay Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Mackay, Idaho | |||
First Methodist Church (Moscow, Idaho) | built NRHP-listed |
Moscow, Idaho | |||
Nampa First Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Nampa, Idaho | |||
Sweet Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Sweet, Idaho |
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Campbell Chapel AME Church | 1878 built 2003 NRHP-listed |
715 Atchison St. 39°33′55″N 95°07′21″W / 39.565365°N 95.122376°W --> |
Atchison, Kansas | ||
Burr Oak United Methodist Church | 1912 built 2007 NRHP-listed |
NE corner Pennsylvania & Washington Sts. 39°52′9″N 98°18′12.4″W / 39.86917°N 98.303444°W |
Burr Oak, Kansas | ||
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Coffeyville, Kansas | |||
St. Martha's AME Church and Parsonage | built NRHP-listed |
Highland, Kansas | |||
Niotaze Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Niotaze, Kansas | |||
Saint Luke African Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Lawrence, Kansas | |||
First Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Stafford, Kansas | |||
St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Topeka, Kansas | |||
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Wichita, Kansas | |||
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Winfield, Kansas |
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Gray Memorial United Methodist Church and Parsonage | built NRHP-listed |
Caribou, Maine | |||
Deering Memorial United Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
Paris, Maine | |||
Chestnut Street Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
Portland, Maine | |||
Dunstan Methodist Episcopal Church | ![]() |
built NRHP-listed |
Scarborough, Maine | ||
West Durham Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
West Durham, Maine |
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Salem Swedish Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Axtell, Nebraska | |||
St. Paul's Methodist Protestant Church | built NRHP-listed |
Culbertson, Nebraska | |||
Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church and Parsonage | built NRHP-listed |
Lincoln, Nebraska | |||
First Welch Calvinistic Methodist Church and Cemetery | built NRHP-listed |
Monroe, Nebraska |
Nevada
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Austin Methodist Church | ![]() |
1866 built 2003 NRHP-listed |
135 Court St. 39°29′32″N 117°4′6″W / 39.49222°N 117.06833°W |
Austin, Nevada | Italianate |
Bethel AME Church | built NRHP-listed |
Reno, Nevada | |||
First United Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
Reno, Nevada |
New Hampshire
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Asbury United Methodist Church | 1844 built 1983 NRHP-listed |
42°53′17″N 72°28′14″W / 42.88806°N 72.47056°W | Chesterfield, New Hampshire | "Mother church" of Methodism in New Hampshire; Greek Revival style.[8] | |
Grace United Methodist Church | ![]() |
1869 built 1985 NRHP-listed |
42°56′8″N 72°16′49″W / 42.93556°N 72.28028°W | Keene, New Hampshire | High Victorian Gothic style church designed by Shepard S. Woodcock, built larger and more expensively than its parishioners could afford.[1] |
Springfield Town Hall and Howard Memorial Methodist Church | 1797 built 1986 NRHP-listed |
Four Corners Rd. SE of New London Rd. 43°29′43″N 72°2′55″W / 43.49528°N 72.04861°W |
Springfield, New Hampshire | Greek Revival, Gothic Revival | |
Tuftonboro United Methodist Church | ![]() |
c.1853 built 1997 NRHP-listed |
43°41′45″N 71°13′16″W / 43.69583°N 71.22111°W | Tuftonboro, New Hampshire | Notable as an "excellent" Greek Revival style church[10] |
New Jersey
New Mexico
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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First Methodist Episcopal Church | ![]() |
1904 built 1976 NRHP-listed |
3rd St. and Lead Ave. 35°4′52.5″N 106°39′4.5″W / 35.081250°N 106.651250°W |
Albuquerque, New Mexico | Late Gothic Revival, Folk Gothic |
First Methodist Church of Clovis | built NRHP-listed |
Clovis, New Mexico | |||
Phillips Chapel CME Church | built NRHP-listed |
Las Cruces, New Mexico | |||
St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Raton, New Mexico | |||
First United Methodist Church of Deming | [3] | 1976 Built | 1020 S Granite St. | Deming, New Mexico |
New York
North Carolina
Ebenezer United Methodist Church Mount Holly, North Carolina
North Dakota
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Methodist Episcopal Church (Devils Lake, North Dakota) | 1915 built 2008 NRHP-listed |
601 5th St. NE. 48°6′56″N 98°51′24″W / 48.11556°N 98.85667°W |
Devils Lake, North Dakota | Designed by Joseph A. Shannon in Classical Revival, Romanesque | |
Drayton United Methodist Church | 1906 built 1979 NRHP-listed |
ND 44 48°33′48″N 97°10′37″W / 48.56333°N 97.17694°W |
Drayton, North Dakota | Akron Plan church in Romanesque, Late Romanesque Revival, Other |
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Primera Iglesia Metodista Unida de Ponce | ![]() |
1907 built 1987 NRHP-listed |
Calle Villa 135 18°0′44″N 66°36′58″W / 18.01222°N 66.61611°W |
Ponce, Puerto Rico | Eclectic early 20th century work, important as first Puerto Rico design by Czech architect Antonin Nechodoma |
Rhode Island
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Saint Paul's United Methodist Church | ![]() |
1807 built | Newport, Rhode Island | ||
Warren United Methodist Church and Parsonage | ![]() |
1844 built 1971 NRHP-listed |
41°43′49″N 71°17′2″W / 41.73028°N 71.28389°W | Warren, Rhode Island | Greek Revival, Italian Villa |
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Copperton Community Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
Copperton, Utah | |||
Corinne Methodist Episcopal Church | ![]() |
1870 built NRHP-listed |
Corner of Colorado and S. 600 Sts.41°32′51″N 112°6′40″W / 41.54750°N 112.11111°W | Corinne, Utah | |
First Methodist Episcopal Church | 1905 built 1995 NRHP-listed |
200 S. 200 East40°46′24″N 111°54′29″W / 40.77333°N 111.90806°W | Salt Lake City, Utah | Victorian Eclectic architecture | |
Trinity A.M.E. Church | ![]() |
1909 built 1976 NRHP-listed |
Salt Lake City, Utah |
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Claquato Church | 1857-58 built 1973 NRHP-listed |
125 Water Street 46°38′33″N 123°1′18″W / 46.64250°N 123.02167°W Chehalis, Washington |
Claquato, Washington | Built in style of New England meeting houses, this is the oldest standing building in the state of Washington! | |
Methodist Episcopal Church of Port Hadlock | ![]() |
1903 built 1983 NRHP-listed |
Randolph and Curtiss Sts. 48°02′02.93″N 122°45′23.52″W / 48.0341472°N 122.7565333°W |
Hadlock, Washington | Now a residence, this was the first permanent Methodist church in Hadlock. |
First Methodist Protestant Church of Seattle | ![]() |
1906 built 1993 NRHP-listed |
128 16th Ave. E. 47°37′11″N 122°18′37″W / 47.61972°N 122.31028°W |
Seattle, Washington | Also known as Capitol Hill United Methodist Church; now corporate headquarters of Catalysis |
First African Methodist Episcopal Church | ![]() |
1912 built Not NRHP-listed, but has status as a Seattle Landmark |
1522 14th Avenue | Seattle, Washington | |
First United Methodist Church, now Daniels Recital Hall | ![]() |
1908 built 2011 NRHP-listed |
811 5th Avenue 47°36′20″N 122°19′53″W / 47.60556°N 122.33139°W | Seattle, Washington | Became a recital hall after nearly 25 years of conflict about its preservation |
University Methodist Episcopal Church | ![]() |
1907 built Not NRHP-listed, but has status as a Seattle Landmark |
4142 Brooklyn Avenue N.E. | Seattle, Washington | No longer a Methodist church. Upper portion is the non-denominational Vineyard Christian Fellowship church, lower portion houses several restaurants. |
Tumwater Methodist Church | 1872 built 1984 NRHP-listed |
219 W. B St. 47°0′52″N 122°54′21″W / 47.01444°N 122.90583°W |
Tumwater, Washington | ||
Grace Evangelical Church of Vader | ![]() |
1902 built 2013 NRHP-listed |
618 D. Street 46°24′8″N 122°57′16″W / 46.40222°N 122.95444°W |
Vader, Washington | Gothic style |
West Virginia
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Andrews Methodist Church | ![]() |
1873 built 1970 NRHP-listed |
Grafton, West Virginia | "Mother Church" of Mother's Day; a U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
Southern Methodist Church Building | built NRHP-listed |
Buckhannon, West Virginia | |||
Simpson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Charleston, West Virginia | |||
Trinity Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church | built NRHP-listed |
Clarksburg, West Virginia | |||
John Wesley Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
Lewisburg, West Virginia | |||
Lynch Chapel United Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
Morgantown, West Virginia |
Wisconsin
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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First Methodist Episcopal Church | 1911 built 1999 NRHP-listed |
421 S. Farwell St. 44°48′37″N 91°29′48″W / 44.81028°N 91.49667°W |
Eau Claire, Wisconsin | Late Gothic Revival | |
Court Street Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
Janesville, Wisconsin | |||
Linden Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
Linden, Wisconsin | |||
Highland Avenue Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin | |||
First Methodist Church (Monroe, Wisconsin) | built NRHP-listed |
Monroe, Wisconsin | |||
Old Plover Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
Plover, Wisconsin | |||
Algoma Boulevard Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
Oshkosh, Wisconsin | |||
First Methodist Church (Oshkosh, Wisconsin) | built NRHP-listed |
Oshkosh, Wisconsin | |||
Plum Grove Primitive Methodist Church | built NRHP-listed |
Ridgeway, Wisconsin | |||
First Methodist Church (Waukesha, Wisconsin) | ![]() |
built NRHP-listed |
Waukesha, Wisconsin | It was designed by noted church architect Henry F. Starbuck in Romanesque style. |
Wyoming
Church | Image | Dates | Location | City, State | Description |
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Methodist Episcopal Church (Buffalo, Wyoming) | ![]() |
1899 built 1976 NRHP-listed |
Fort and N. Adams Sts.44°20′55″N 106°42′1″W / 44.34861°N 106.70028°W | Buffalo, Wyoming | Akron plan design |
First United Methodist Church | 1867 congregation 1890 built 1975 NRHP-listed |
NE corner of 18th St. and Central Ave.41°8′7″N 104°48′53″W / 41.13528°N 104.81472°W | Cheyenne, Wyoming | Congregation founded in 1867. Wild Bill Hickock was married in this church, in 1876. 1890 building is "semi-Gothic". |
See also
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References
- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ St. George's United Methodist Church Archived 2008-07-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church
- ^ Adelle Rivers (2005). "Andrews Chapel". Washington County Historical and Genealogical Quarterly (October/November/December). Washington County Alabama Historical and Genealogical Society.
- ^ Chiat, Marilyn Joyce Segal (1997). America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places For Every Community. John Wiley and Sons. p. 279. ISBN 978-0-471-14502-8.
Mount Sterling Methodist Church Choctaw County Historical Society.
- ^ Betty M. Gaither (February 18, 2015). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Harrisonburg Methodist Church" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved June 8, 2017.[permanent dead link] with 21 photos and three maps[permanent dead link]
- ^ Sluss, Jacqueline (1990-07-16). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: St. Mark's African Methodist Episcopal Church" (Document). National Park Service.
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- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Grace Methodist Episcopal Church / Grace United Methodist Church". National Park Service. and accompanying seven photos from 1984 and c.1870
- ^ David Rue11 and Christine Fonda (March 1997). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Tuftonboro United Methodist Church". National Park Service.
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