List of Methodist churches in the United States
Selected salient ones -- Pennsylvania
Table:
Church

Image

Dates

Location

City, State

Description

Philip G. Cochran Memorial United Methodist Church

1922 built
1984 NRHP-listed

Howell and Griscom Sts.
40°2′49″N 79°39′17″W﻿ / ﻿40.04694°N 79.65472°W﻿ / 40.04694; -79.65472﻿ (Cochran Memorial United Methodist Church)

Dawson, Pennsylvania

Late Gothic Revival

St. George's Methodist Church

1767 built
1971 NRHP-listed

324 New St.
39°57′17.9″N 75°8′46.82″W﻿ / ﻿39.954972°N 75.1463389°W﻿ / 39.954972; -75.1463389﻿ (St. George's Methodist Church)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Mount Hope United Methodist Church

1807 built

4020 Concord Road

Aston Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Siloam United Methodist Church

1852 built

3720 Foulk Road

Bethel Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Madison Street Methodist Episcopal Church

1878 built

701 Madison Street

Chester, Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Union Methodist Episcopal Church

1889 built
1980 NRHP-listed

2019 W. Diamond St.
39°59′10″N 75°10′3″W﻿ / ﻿39.98611°N 75.16750°W﻿ / 39.98611; -75.16750﻿ (Union Methodist Episcopal Church (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania))

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Romanesque, Richardsonian Romanesque

Bethel A.M.E. Church (Reading, Pennsylvania)

built
NRHP-listed

Reading, Pennsylvania

Methodist Episcopal Church of Burlington

1822 built
1990 NRHP-listed

US 6 at Township Rd. 357
41°46′24″N 76°37′53″W﻿ / ﻿41.77333°N 76.63139°W﻿ / 41.77333; -76.63139﻿ (Methodist Episcopal Church of Burlington)

West Burlington, Pennsylvania

Greek Revival

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Philip G. Cochran Memorial United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church building located in Dawson , Fayette County , Pennsylvania , United States . It was built by Sarah B. Cochran between 1922 and 1927 , and is a cruciform solid stone structure in the Late Gothic Revival style . It measures 130 feet by 161 feet . It features a crossing tower and steeple . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 . It is located in the Dawson Historic District .
Dawson is a borough in Fayette County , Pennsylvania , United States . The population was 367 at the 2010 census , down from 451 at the 2000 census .
St. George 's United Methodist Church , located at the corner of 4th and New Streets , in the Old City neighborhood of Philadelphia , is the oldest Methodist church in continuous use in the United States , beginning in 1769 . The congregation was founded in 1767 , meeting initially in a sail loft on Dock Street , and in 1769 it purchased the shell of a building which had been erected in 1763 by a German Reformed congregation . At this time , Methodists had not yet broken away from the Anglican Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church was not founded until 1784 . Richard Allen and Absalom Jones became the first African Americans licensed by the Methodist Church . They were licensed by St. George 's Church in 1784 . Three years later , protesting racial segregation in the worship services , Allen led most of the black members out of St. George 's ; eventually they founded the Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church and the African Methodist Episcopal denomination . Absalom Jones became an Episcopal priest . In the 1920s a court case saved the church from being demolished to make way for the Benjamin Franklin Bridge . The case resulted in the bridge being relocated . St. George 's has experienced many changes during its 249-year history . From 100 members in 1769 , the church grew to a peak membership of 3,200 congregants in 1835 . The Civil War and industrialization changed the neighborhood ; the congregation was reduced to 25 by 1900 .
Philadelphia , known colloquially as Philly , is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , and the sixth-most populous U.S. city with a 2018 census-estimated population of 1,584,138 . Since 1854 , the city has had the same geographic boundaries as Philadelphia County , the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan statistical area , with over 6 million residents as of 2017 [ update ] . Philadelphia is also the economic and cultural anchor of the greater Delaware Valley , located along the lower Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers , within the Northeast megalopolis . The Delaware Valley 's population of 7.2 million ranks it as the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States . Philadelphia is one of the oldest municipalities in the United States . William Penn , an English Quaker , founded the city in 1682 to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony . Philadelphia played an instrumental role in the American Revolution as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers of the United States , who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 at the Second Continental Congress , and the Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787 . Several other key events occurred in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War including the First Continental Congress , the preservation of the Liberty Bell , the Battle of Germantown , and the Siege of Fort Mifflin . Philadelphia remained the nation 's largest city until being overtaken by New York City in 1790 ; the city was also one of the nation 's capitals during the revolution , serving as temporary U.S. capital while Washington , D.C. was under construction . In the 19th century , Philadelphia became a major industrial center and a railroad hub . The city grew from an influx of European immigrants , most of whom came from Ireland , Italy and Germany - the three largest reported ancestry groups in the city as of 2015 [ update ] . In the early 20th century , Philadelphia became a prime destination for African Americans during the Great Migration after the Civil War , as well as Puerto Ricans .
Mount Hope United Methodist Church is a Methodist church built in 1807 in Aston Township , Delaware County , Pennsylvania , United States . It is located at 4020 Concord Road .
Aston Township is a township in Delaware County , Pennsylvania , United States . The population was 16,592 at the 2010 census .
Delaware County , colloquially referred to as Delco , is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania that borders Philadelphia . With a population of 562,960 , it is the fifth most populous county in Pennsylvania , and the third smallest in area . The county was created on September 26 , 1789 , from part of Chester County , and named for the Delaware River . Its county seat is Media . Until 1850 , Chester was the county seat of Delaware County and , before that , of Chester County . Delaware County is adjacent to the city-county of Philadelphia and is included in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington , PA-NJ-DE-MD Metropolitan Statistical Area . Delaware County is the only county covered in its entirety by area codes 610 and 484 .
Pennsylvania ( /ˌpɛnsəlˈveɪniə/ ( listen ) PEN-səl-VAY-nee-ə ) , officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania , is a state located in the Northeastern , Great Lakes , Appalachian , and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States . The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle . The Commonwealth is bordered by Delaware to the southeast , Maryland to the south , West Virginia to the southwest , Ohio to the west , Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to the northwest , New York to the north , and New Jersey to the east . Pennsylvania is the 33rd-largest state by area , and the 5th-most populous state according to the most recent official U.S. Census count in 2010 . It is the 9th-most densely populated of the 50 states . Pennsylvania 's two most populous cities are Philadelphia ( 1,580,863 ) , and Pittsburgh ( 302,407 ) . The state capital and its 10th-largest city is Harrisburg . Pennsylvania has 140 miles ( 225 km ) of waterfront along Lake Erie and the Delaware River . The state is one of the 13 original founding states of the United States ; it came into being in 1681 as a result of a royal land grant to William Penn , the son of the state 's namesake . Part of Pennsylvania ( along the Delaware River ) , together with the present State of Delaware , had earlier been organized as the Colony of New Sweden . It was the second state to ratify the United States Constitution , on December 12 , 1787 . Independence Hall , where the United States Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution were drafted , is located in the state 's largest city of Philadelphia .
Siloam United Methodist Church is a Methodist church built in 1852 in Bethel Township , Delaware County , Pennsylvania , United States . It is located at 3720 Foulk Road .
Bethel Township is a township in Delaware County , Pennsylvania , United States . It contains the two unincorporated communities of Booth 's Corner and Chelsea . The population was 8,791 at the 2010 census .
Madison Street Methodist Episcopal Church is a Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1874 in Chester , Delaware County , Pennsylvania , United States . It is located at 701 Madison Street . The building is currently being used by the Wesley House Community Corporation as a homeless shelter .
Chester is a city in Delaware County , Pennsylvania , United States . With a population of 33,972 at the 2010 census it is the largest city in Delaware County . Incorporated in 1682 , Chester is the oldest city in Pennsylvania and is located on the western bank of the Delaware River between the cities of Philadelphia and Wilmington , Delaware .
Union Methodist Episcopal Church , also known as Jones Tabernacle AME Church and Parish House , is a historic Methodist Episcopal church and parish house located in the North Central neighborhood of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania . It was designed by the noted Philadelphia architects Hazelhurst & Huckel and built in 1888-1889 , of cut stone in the Richardsonian Romanesque-style . The church has an entrance archway with squat Syrian columns ; and the building features a prominent front gable , chimneys , towers and pinnacles . The gable has a checkerboard pattern of stone and a Palladian window . The church interior is divided into two principal levels , a first floor Sunday School , and the second floor sanctuary with balcony . In the 1930s , the church was sold to Jones Tabernacle AME Church , then under the leadership of Rev . Richard R. Wright , Jr. , son of Richard R. Wright ( 1855-1947 ) . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980 .
Bethel A.M.E. Church , now known as the Central Pennsylvania African American Museum , is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church at 119 North 10th Street in Reading , Berks County , Pennsylvania . It was originally built in 1837 , and is a 2 1/2-story brick and stucco building with a gable roof . It was rebuilt about 1867-1869 , and remodeled in 1889 . It features a three-story , brick tower with a pyramidal roof and topped by a finial . The church is known to have housed fugitive slaves and the congregation was active in the Underground Railroad . The church is now home to a museum dedicated to the history of African Americans in Central Pennsylvania . The only A.M.E. church in Berks County to have been built using private resources from its congregation , Bethel A.M.E. was founded by George Dillen , Samuel Murray , Isaac Parker , and Jacob Ross . Of those four , Murray was the one most involved with the building 's construction . Closely aligned with Philadelphia 's Mother Bethel Church , Men preached from the pulpits but the ladies were responsible for organizing benevolent societies and mission circles , teaching classes in the large Sunday Schools attached to both congregations , as well as singing in the choir and providing a musical accompaniment for the Sunday services , according to historian Barbara Goda . Reading 's Bethel A.M.E. Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 .
Reading ( /ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing ; Pennsylvania German : Reddin ) is a city in and the county seat of Berks County , Pennsylvania , United States . With a population of 88,495 as of the 2018 U.S. Census Estimates , it is the fifth-largest city in Pennsylvania . Located in the southeastern part of the state , it is the principal city of the Greater Reading Area , home to 420,152 residents , and is furthermore included in the greater Delaware Valley . According to the 2010 census , Reading had the highest share of citizens living in poverty in the nation for cities with populations of more than 65,000 . Reading 's poverty rate fell over the next decade . Reading 's poverty rate in the 2018 five-year American Community survey showed that 35.4% of the city 's residents were below the poverty line , or less than the infamous 41.3% from 2011 , when Reading was declared the poorest small city in the nation . The city , which is approximately halfway between the state 's most populous city , Philadelphia , and the state capital , Harrisburg , is strategically situated along a major transportation route from Central to Eastern Pennsylvania , and lent its name to the now-defunct Reading Railroad , which transported anthracite coal from the Pennsylvania Coal Region to the eastern United States via the Port of Philadelphia . Reading Railroad is one of the four railroad properties in the classic United States version of the Monopoly board game . Reading was one of the first localities where outlet shopping became a tourist industry . It has been known as The Pretzel City , because of numerous local pretzel bakeries . Currently , Bachman , Dieffenbach , Tom Sturgis , and Unique Pretzel bakeries call the Reading area home . In recent years , the Reading area has become a destination for cyclists .
Methodist Episcopal Church of Burlington , also known as Old Burlington Church , is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located on US 6 at Township Road 357 in West Burlington , Bradford County , Pennsylvania . It was built in 1822 , and is a two-story , rectangular frame front gabled building . It measures 30 feet by 45 feet . The interior features an elevated octagonal pulpit . Surrounding the church is a contributing cemetery . It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989 .