Historical Marker

Strawbridge Log Meeting House Site

MD 407 (Marston Road) north side, 0.4 miles south of MD 31 (New Windsor Road) · New Windsor · Carroll

Maryland marker

Inscription

Strawbridge Log Meeting House Site Built in 1764 by Robert Strawbridge. The first Methodist place of worship erected in America. Successors are stone chapel (1783) 3 miles northeast, and Bethel (1821) 1 mile south. Methodist Historical Society, 1964

Location

AddressMD 407 (Marston Road) north side, 0.4 miles south of MD 31 (New Windsor Road)
CityNew Windsor
CountyCarroll
StateMaryland
Coordinates39.511958, -77.105556

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