145 S. Prairie St., Whitewater WI 53190
262-473-2131
First United Methodist Church - Whitewater
The First United Methodist Church (First Church) was established in 1843 as the Methodist Episcopal church in Whitewater when a group of five (yes, five!) in the young settlement formed the first "class." Whitewater had been a preaching stop on the Aztalan Circuit, a part of the Milwaukee District of the Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, since 1837, only months after the first settlers arrived.
The first Methodist Episcopal church building in Whitewater was constructed on the corner of Main Street
and Church Street beginning in 1849, the current site of St. John's Lutheren Church. The congregation dedicated the building in 1852 and sold it in 1872 when they began construction on the current site at the corner of Center and Prairie Streets.
In 1954, the by-then "Methodist Church" added an education wing, but not without an attendant disaster. In December of 1953, deep excavation in the soft soil weakened the north wall of the sanctuary, and it fell into the hole -- destroying entire north end of the church, including much of the pipe organ and choir loft.
A 1968 nationwide meger of the Methodist Church with the Evangelical United Brethern created the United Methodist Church. MORE TO COME!
The congrecation responded to the unexpected collapse . . . MORE TO COME!
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Methodista Unida
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
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