Loring Park in Minneapolis in Hennepin County, Minnesota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Wesley United Methodist Church

Established in 1852

— United Methodist Church Registered Historic Site No. 501 —

Wesley United Methodist Church Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 27, 2015

1. Wesley United Methodist Church Marker

Inscription.
This church stands as the first Minneapolis Methodist Church founded west of the Mississippi River. It has been the site of several Annual Conference sessions and twice Methodist bishops have been consecrated at its altar. Having brought scores of members to Methodism over the years, having established 10 other churches in the city, Wesley is known as, "The Mother Church of Minneapolis Methodism."

Declared an Historic Site of the Minnesota Annual Conference, June 1983.
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This property
Wesley Church
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior

Erected by Minnesota Methodist Annual Conference. (Marker Number 501.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Man-Made Features • Religion & Religious Structures • Settlements & Settlers. In addition, it is included in the United Methodist Church Historic Sites series list. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1983.

Location. 44° 58.181′ N, 93° 16.568′ W. Marker is in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in Hennepin County. It is in Loring Park. It is at

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the intersection of Grant Street and Marquette Avenue / 1st Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Grant Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 101 East Grant Street, Minneapolis MN 55403, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Welcome to the Historic Loring Park Neighborhood (within shouting distance of this marker); USS Minnesota (BB22) (within shouting distance of this marker); USS Minneapolis (CA36) (within shouting distance of this marker); Eagles (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Loring Park: Neighborhood Organizing (about 600 feet away); Loring Park: Loring Greenway and Housing (about 600

Wesley Church NRHP Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 27, 2015

2. Wesley Church NRHP Marker

feet away); Loring Park: Pride Festival, Diversity and Parades (about 700 feet away); Loring Park: Basilica and Churches (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Minneapolis.

Regarding Wesley United Methodist Church. This church is one of over 550 United Methodist Church (UMC) Historic Sites as part of the historic registry designated by the UMC Commission. Historic Site numbered plaque location unknown.

Also see . . . Historic Wesley Center, Minneapolis MN. (Submitted on December 8, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

Wesley United Methodist Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 27, 2015

3. Wesley United Methodist Church and Marker

Wesley United Methodist Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 27, 2015

4. Wesley United Methodist Church

Wesley United Methodist Church, with marker mounted at center image. Click for full size.

Photographed by McGhiever, June 15, 2021

5. Wesley United Methodist Church, with marker mounted at center

Credits. This page was last revised on April 24, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 8, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 979 times since then and 50 times this year. Last updated on August 26, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on December 8, 2015, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 5. submitted on July 9, 2021, by McGhiever of Minneapolis, Minnesota. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.