Wesleyan Methodist Church is a historic

Wesleyan Wesleyan theology, otherwise known as Wesleyan– Arminian theology, or Methodist theology, is a theological tradition in Protestant Christianity based upon the ministry of the 18th-century evangelical reformer brothers John Wesley and Charle ...

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located at Seneca Falls in Seneca County, New York. It was constructed in 1843. All interior features have been removed and three original walls stand. The church was the site of the 1848

Seneca Falls Convention The Seneca Falls Convention was the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman".Wellman, 2004, p. 189 Held in the Wesleyan Chapel of the tow ...

, the first

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convention, where about 300 people gathered to hear Elizabeth Cady Stanton demand the right of women to vote. ''Note:'' This includes In 1869 a section of the church broke away and established the First Congregational Church of Seneca Falls. The remaining Wesleyan congregation moved to a new location and sold the church in 1873.National Park Service, Women's Rights National Historic Park, "Why These Pews?", n.d. It was listed on the

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in 1980 and now forms part of the

Women's Rights National Historic Park Women's Rights National Historical Park was established in 1980, and covers a total of of land in Seneca Falls and nearby Waterloo, New York, United States. The park consists of four major historical properties including the Wesleyan Method ...

.National Park Service, "Women's Rights", 2008 Pews from the First Congregational Church are now installed in the Wesleyan church.

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Guide to the First Wesleyan Methodist Church of Seneca Falls Records, 1843-1911 (Collection Number: 6049)
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Historic American Buildings Survey in New York (state) Methodist churches in New York (state) Churches completed in 1843 19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States Churches in Seneca County, New York 1843 establishments in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Seneca County, New York Seneca Falls, New York {{NewYork-church-stub

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