First Methodist Church
First Methodist Church is a building in Clinton, Massachusetts, listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 2, 1990.
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Last checked October 31, 2026 - Location
- Clinton, Worcester County, Massachusetts
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History
The First Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church building at 75 Walnut Street in Clinton, Massachusetts. It is an L-shaped stone and stucco structure, two stories in height, with a steeply pitched slate roof. The ground floor is finished in uncoursed fieldstone. One entrance is set recessed behind a segmented stone arch at the southern end of the main facade, with a second entrance at the projecting gable at the northern end. The church was designed by Woodbury and Stuart of Boston, and construction of the building was begun in 1927 for a congregation established in 1830. The complete plan for the building was never realized due to a lack of funding, and only the community center and rectory were completed. These were used by the congregation, the community center space acting as sanctuary, until the 1980s. The building was rehabilitated in 1988, and how houses two residences and office space.
The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
Excerpt from the Wikipedia article, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. The official nomination form is linked under Sources.
Other listings in Clinton
- Corcoran School Building · listed 2000
- Bigelow Carpet Company Woolen Mills Building · listed 1983
- Bigelow Carpet Mill Building · listed 1978
- Bowers School Building · listed 1983
- Clinton Wire Cloth Company Historic District Building · listed 2024
- Downtown Clinton Historic District District · listed 1985
- Lancaster Mills District · listed 2010
- Wachusett Aqueduct Linear District District · listed 1990
- Wachusett Dam Historic District District · listed 1990
- Woodlawn Cemetery Site · listed 2013
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