Methodist Episcopal Church

Methodist Episcopal Church is a Michigan historical marker in Coldwater, Branch County, dedicated 1998.

126 Marshall Rd, Coldwater

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Methodists held the first religious services in Girard Township. Organized in 1832 by the Reverend Ezekiel Gavit, a circuit rider, the congregation met in homes and a school until a church was built in 1844. When that structure burned in 1887 it was replaced with the present one, constructed byJ. R. Simmons of Union City, who used native hard maple and stones gathered from nearby fields. The building was dedicated on August 31, 1888.

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1819 · Ohio & Indiana (H. S. Tanner, 1819) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1826 · Ohio (A. Finley, 1826) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1826 · Indiana (A. Finley, 1826) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · Western States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1832 · Ohio Pocket Map (Mitchell, 1832) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Western States, 1832, covering the location of Methodist Episcopal Church, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Western States, 1832, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Methodist Episcopal Church

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