Monumental Methodist Church

Monumental Methodist Church is a Virginia historical marker in Portsmouth County, dedicated 1948.

Portsmouth County · dedicated 1948 · Dinwiddie Street, near Queen Street

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This church, founded 1772, is one of the oldest Methodist churches in Virginia. The first building was erected, 1775, at South and Effingham streets. The church was moved to Glasgow Street near Court in 1792. It established the first Sunday School in Portsmouth in 1818. Monumental was moved to this site, Dinwiddie Street, in 1831.

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Monumental Methodist Church30 ft

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