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By F. Robby, December 27, 2004
Log Meeting House
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| On Wakefield Valley Road at New Windsor Road (Maryland Route 31), on the right when traveling east on Wakefield Valley Road. |
| | The first preacher of Methodism in America. He formed at his house (still standing, 1938) one-half mile east of here the first Class and the first Society of American Methodism. He built the first log meeting house (1764) for Methodists in America . . . — — Map (db m3561) HM |
| Near Wilt Road, 0.1 miles Wakefield Road. |
| | Here Robert Strawbridge formed the first Methodist class in America about 1763. Nearby he built the first log meeting house. Although without official sanction American Methodists first received Baptism and Holy Communion by his hand. Named national . . . — — Map (db m3021) HM |
| On Marston Road (Maryland Route 407) 0.3 miles east of New Windsor Road (Maryland Route 31), on the right when traveling west. |
| | Built in 1764 by Robert Strawbridge, the first Methodist place of worship erected in America. Successors are Stone Chapel (1783) 3 miles northeast, and Bethel (1821) 1 mile south.
← — — Map (db m3020) HM |
May. 4, 2024