Old Stone Church Site

Loudoun County · dedicated 1989 · Business Rte. 7, just west of Business Rte. 15 (King Street), Leesburg

One block north on Cornwall Street is the site of the first Methodist-owned property in America. Lot 50 was deeded to the Methodist Society in Leesburg on May 11, 1766. In 1778, the Sixth American Conference of Methodists met there, the first such gathering in Virginia. At least two church buildings occupied the site before 1902, when the "Old Stone Church" was demolished. The churchyard is maintained as a national historic shrine of the United Methodist Church.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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