Historic Districts - Court Street
United Methodist Church
 (First
Methodist)
In 1834 circuit rider Bradford Frazee held the first Methodist
service in Flint. The following year, William Brockway, of the
Saginaw Mission, established regular services in Wait Beach's
barroom. In 1836 the class of nine persons organized as the Flint
River Mission in a room above the Stage and Wright store. In 1841
the Genesee County Board of Commissioners deeded this property to
what became the First Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest
organized religious group in the city. The congregation's first
church, built in 1842, burned in 1861. Its second one was razed in
1888 to build a third, which burned in 1892. The present church was
dedicated in 1894. The Church House was dedicated in 1929.
Registered Site
L0736
Erected 1986
Location: 225 West Court Street
Flint, Genesee County |
