First United Methodist Church is a historic

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church at 7 Elm Street at Bleecker Square in Gloversville,

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. It was designed by

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in the

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and was built from 1869 to 1870. The main block / sanctuary is a two-story red brick structure set on a cut stone foundation. It is flanked by a staged entrance /

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and two-story office wing. An addition was completed in 1909 and is a two-story, polygonal brick structure containing a

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, Sunday School room and parish hall. ''See also:'' It was listed on the

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in 1998. In 2000 the First United Methodist Church sold this building to another church organization, but the building has been vacant since then.

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* United Methodist churches in New York (state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Churches completed in 1870 19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States Churches in Fulton County, New York National Register of Historic Places in Fulton County, New York {{NewYork-Methodist-church-stub