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FIRST METHODIST

Program
NYS Historic
Subject
Religion
Location
402 N Aurora St, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
Lat/Long
42.442918, -76.495937
Grant Recipient
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
Historic Marker

FIRST METHODIST

Inscription

FIRST METHODIST
ON MAY 10, 1819
SIMEON DEWITT DEEDED
THIS SITE TO THE FIRST
METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOCIETY
TO BUILD A CHURCH.
WILLIAM G. POMEROY FOUNDATION 2019

On May 11, 1819, Ithaca resident Simeon Dewitt donated a piece of his property to the First Methodist-Episcopal Society for the purposes of building a church. As of 2019, this site is the home of St. Paul’s Methodist Episcopal Church.


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