First Methodist Episcopal Church

First Methodist Episcopal Church is a Michigan historical marker in Flushing, Genesee County, dedicated 1992.

413 E. Main St., Flushing

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In 1840 Flushing residents began holding religious services in James Seymour´s sawmill. In 1842 the First Methodist Episcopal Church was organized. As part of the Flint River Circuit, the Methodists were ministered to by circuit riders. In 1846 James Seymour donated this site where three churches have been built. The first church, completed in 1848, burned in 1883 and was replaced later that year. The second church was razed in 1973 and the present church was erected.

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Historical maps covering this location

1838 · Michigan and the Great Lakes (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1853 · Map of the surveyed part of Michigan (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1854 · A map of the surveyed part of Michigan / by John Farmer ; engraved by S. Stiles & Co. (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
1873 · Michigan. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Genesee County, Michigan (Historical map archives, georeferenced via Allmaps)

Michigan and the Great Lakes, 1838, covering the location of First Methodist Episcopal Church, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Michigan and the Great Lakes, 1838, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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