The John Street Church welcomed Peter Williams and other African worshipers, but blacks and whites were segregated. In the early 1800s, a group separated to form the first black church in the state. Today the John Street Church is still located at 44 John Street. It includes the Wesley Chapel Museum, which tells the story of the “The Oldest Methodist Congregation in America.” Georgian Architectural style.
Constructed, 1768
Philip Embury founded the Methodist Society in 1766. This is the third building on this site. The first building here was Wesley Chapel, in 1768.
Converted, 1784
This became the First Methodist Episcopal Church of New York in 1784 when the Methodist Episcopal Church as a denomination was formed at Christmas time in Baltimore.
Constructed, 1818
There was a second building which replaced Wesley Chapel in 1818