Mansfield United Methodist Church - Mansfield, OH
N 40° 45.505 W 082° 30.829
17T E 372219 N 4513041
For nearly two hundred years, persons have gathered at the corner of Park Avenue and Diamond Street on the Public Square in downtown Mansfield, to worship God. This is the site of the oldest religious service in Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM4X8R
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2008
Views: 6
Oldest Religious Congregation in north-central Ohio. First Methodist Sermon preached at the "spring" in 1809 by Rev. James Copus. Services then conducted in blockhouse, 1811; in first court house, 1813; at church home of Dr. William B. James, 1814.