The old church.

ID: 652 ~ Source: Courtesy North Adams Public Library.
This file appears in: First United Methodist Church
The old church.

This structure was demolished and replaced by a larger church in 1873.

This file appears in: First United Methodist Church

By James Miller
Methodism in North Adams can be traced back to 1823, when there were only 2,000 citizens in the village of Adams, (which included present-day North Adams). Laymen Ebenezer Alden and Joseph Hayden held a meeting of prayer in Alden’s house. This…