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First Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal meetings were first held in farmhouses in 1836. Church was built at 621 4th Street in 1839. First resident pastor 1844, with parsonage at 214 Commerce Street. Sunday school organized 1845. Church became Methodist Episcopal, South, 1845. Present building begun 1849, dedicated 1851. Was occupied by federal troops 1864, and remodeled 1883. Adjoining parsonage built 1856, remodeled 1945 and 1964. Church became First Methodist 1939.