Fly Creek Methodist Church, also known as First Methodist Episcopal Society in Fly Creek, is a historic

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church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

on County Route 26, north of the junction with conjoined

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and NY 80 in Fly Creek,

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. It was built in 1838 and is a plain,

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, timber-frame building on a

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foundation with a frontal gable in the

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style. The interior configuration is a modification of the

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. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying four photographs''
/ref> It is located within the boundaries of the

Fly Creek Historic District Fly Creek Historic District is a national historic district located at Fly Creek in Otsego County, New York. It encompasses 111 contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and 88 contributing structures. The district incorporates three h ...

. ''Note:'' This includes an
''Accompanying 29 photographs''
/ref> It was listed on the

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in 1996.

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Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in New York (state) Methodist churches in New York (state) Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Churches completed in 1838 19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States Greek Revival church buildings in New York (state) Churches in Otsego County, New York Akron Plan church buildings National Register of Historic Places in Otsego County, New York 1838 establishments in New York (state) {{NewYork-church-stub