Founded before the United States itself, we held the first Methodist meeting in America in 1766.
We were a way station for Francis Asbury and generations of circuit riders spreading Methodism. And the place from which African-American preachers would depart in 1796 to form the AME Zion church.
We shaped America's history as well as its religious beliefs.
We congratulated George Washington when he was inaugurated steps away after the Revolutionary War. And in the 19th and 20th centuries, we welcomed everything from stock shareholder meetings to Alexander Graham Bell's first commercial telephone call.
Visit the history museum