Bay Village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Dover Lake Shore Methodist Episcopal Church

Photographed by J. J. Prats, April 6, 2019

1. Dover Lake Shore Methodist Episcopal Church Marker

Inscription. Elizabeth Tyron Sadler started the Methodist Episcopal Church in North Dover Township in June 1827, on land owned by her father-in-law Christopher Sadler. Charter members were the Rev. Eliphalet and Mrs. Margaret Johnson and their daughter Rebecca, along with niece Catherine Porter Foote. Elizabeth and William Sadler donated the land and much of the material needed to build a new wood- frame church here in 1841. The still-growing congregation built a brick church in 1908 and added a new sanctuary in 1955. Taking the name Bay United Methodist Church in 1968, the church has remained a center of community life and faith continuously since 1827. Family names associated with the church’s early decades include Aldrich. Cahoon, Drake, Foote, Osborn, Powell, Sadler, Tuttle, and Wolf.

Erected 2018 by Bay United Methodist Church, Bay Village Historical Society, and The Ohio History Connection. (Marker Number 135-18.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection

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series list. A significant historical month for this entry is June 1827.

Location. 41° 29.603′ N, 81° 57.008′ W. Marker is in Bay Village, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is on Lake Road (U.S. 6) east of Bayview Road, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bay Village OH 44140, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Cleveland,

on the Lake Erie Shore,

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: In memoriam (approx. half a mile away); Lakeside Cemetery (approx. half a mile away); Cahoon Memorial Park (approx. 1.2 miles away); In Memoriam (approx. 1.3 miles away); They Gave Their Lives Serving Our Country in World War II (approx. 1.3 miles

Photographed by J. J. Prats, April 6, 2019

2. Dover Lake Shore Methodist Episcopal Church Marker

away); Bay Village Chapter, League of Women Voters / Honoring Bay Village Chapter, 75th Anniversary (approx. 1.3 miles away); Calhoon Memorial Park (approx. 1.6 miles away); Theodore Elijah Burton / Dover Farm (approx. 2.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bay Village.

Dover Lake Shore Methodist Episcopal Church and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, April 6, 2019

3. Dover Lake Shore Methodist Episcopal Church and Marker

Photographed by Craig Doda, February 28, 2026

4. Dover Lake Shore Methodist Episcopal Church Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on March 20, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 25, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 430 times since then and 35 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on May 25, 2019, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. 4. submitted on March 7, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio.