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Erected
by:
Indiana Division of Tourism and Metamora
Shop Keepers 2976
Location:
Wynn Street and Holland Alley, Metamora, Indiana
(#130 on Metamora Map)
History:
Circuit riders helped form this
early congregation, first meeting at the Wm. Gordon Farm in the 1820’s.
A revival held in Kennedy’s Wagon Shop in 1840 led to the building of a
church in Metamora Cemetery called “Watcoot.”
The present church was built in 1853 on land donated by John McWhorter.
The basement of this church served for a time as the village school prior
to the Civil War. First remodeling in 1886 removed exterior staircases and
enclosed the central vestibule. Stained
glass windows and hand pumped pipe organ were installed in 1915.
The church name changed to United Methodist Church in 1968.