Martha's Vineyard Rev. Arlene Bodge

Looking Anew Through Old Looking Glass

Rev. Arlene Bodge | Thursday, December 15 2011 - 5:48pm

The first itinerant preacher to travel as far as Chilmark was the Rev. Joshua Hall, in 1797. A small Methodist “class” was formed and continued to meet in the home of Capt. Francis Tilton, until 1827 when the old Methodist meetinghouse in Edgartown was purchased and subsequently moved piece by piece to the intersection of Middle Road and Meetinghouse Road, which was then the center of town. Sometime in 1843 the sanctuary was replaced and the church moved across the road.

Looking Anew Through Old Looking Glass

Rev. Arlene Bodge

The first itinerant preacher to travel as far as Chilmark was the Rev. Joshua Hall, in 1797. A small Methodist “class” was formed and continued to meet in the home of Capt. Francis Tilton, until 1827 when the old Methodist meetinghouse in Edgartown was purchased and subsequently moved piece by piece to the intersection of Middle Road and Meetinghouse Road, which was then the center of town. Sometime in 1843 the sanctuary was replaced and the church moved across the road.