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Wesley Chapel in John Street, New York - the First Methodist Church in America – Historic Photo Reproduction

Wesley Chapel in John Street, New York - the First Methodist Church in America — antique engraving
Wesley Chapel in John Street, New York - the First Methodist Church in America. Antique engraving from the New York City collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Wesley Chapel in John Street, New York - the First Methodist Church in America comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.

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Wesley Chapel in John Street, New York - the First Methodist Church in America

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Wesley Chapel on John Street is the building this engraving sets out to show, a plain brick meetinghouse in lower Manhattan that is often called the first Methodist church in America. The chapel was built in 1768 by the city's early Methodist congregation, which had gathered under the preaching of Philip Embury and then Richard Boardman and Joseph Pilmore, and it became a central place of worship for the movement in the colonies. Wood engravings like this one were widely used in the nineteenth century to show churches and civic landmarks, so the view is likely meant to record a building that already carried real historic weight.

Medium1 print : wood engraving.
Notes[no date recorded on caption card]
SubjectsThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with subsequent revisions. Caption card tracings: Religious groups; Devils...; Religion--Preachers...; NY--NYC--Churches; Churches--NY; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,276 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-136018

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