St. John's United Methodist Church

St. John's United Methodist Church is a Tennessee historical marker in Shelby County.

Shelby Co, Memphis, 1207 Methodist Church Peabody Ave.

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The earliest members of this church were among the founders of Methodism in Memphis. This congregation, established in 1859 as Central Church Mission, first met on Union Avenue. St. John's built in 1907, was designed by Beauregard C. Alsup. The Church School was built in 1918. WHBQ Radio Station broadcasts originated here 25 March 1925.

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1835 · Chickasaw Cession, Mississippi (1835) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1848 · United States. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1855 · Arkansas (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1859 · Arkansas (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Johnson's Kentucky & Tennessee (1862) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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St. John's United Methodist Church

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