FIRST - "FIRST METHODIST CHURCH BUILDING IN SAVANNAH, GA."
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N 32° 04.566 W 081° 05.351
17S E 491583 N 3548874
WESLEY CHAPEL, 1812
Located at Oglethorpe Avenue and Lincoln Street, Savannah, Ga.
Waymark Code: WMWPQ
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2006
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Savannah Methodism's first church building was erected on this corner of Lincoln and South Broad (now Oglethorpe) streets in 1812 by its first pastor, Rev. James Russell.
Bishop Francis Asbury preached twice in Wesley Chapel on November 21, 1813. In 1819-1820 under the preaching of William Capers the membership grew rapidly, and in 1821 John Howard enlarged the building to care for 100 new members. By 1848 this "good, neat house, sixty by forty feet", became too small; at a new location its successor, Trinity, was built. Among the early pastors of Wesley Chapel were James O. Andrew, George F. Pierce, Ignatius A. Few, and Thomas L. Wynn.
SAVANNAH - AREA METHODIST HERITAGE SOCIETY - 1977
SOUTH GEORGIA CONFERENCE COMMISSION
ON ARCHIVES AND HISTORY
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 01/01/1812
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