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1812 Wesley Chapel Historical Marker
- 1812 Wesley Chapel Historical
Marker
- Located at Oglethorpe Ave. and Lincoln St., Savannah,
Ga.
(Text)
- 1812
- WESLEY CHAPEL
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 1819-20 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
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