Fairfield County · Marker 20-18
First Methodist Church
109 W. College St., Corner of W. Collge St. and N. Congress St. (U.S. Hwy. 321)
Front inscription
First United Methodist Church was established in 1808 under the leadership of the Rev. James Jenkins, an early circuit-riding minister, and John Buchanan, a captain in the Revolution. Pioneer American Methodist bishop Francis Asbury visited here from 1809 to 1814. This building (1908) is the congregation's third structure; two earlier ones were located about two blocks SE.