Wesleyan Methodist Church (Seneca Falls, New York)
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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 ...
church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a place/building for Christian religious activities and praying * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian comm ...
located at Seneca Falls in
Seneca County, New York Seneca County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 33,814. The primary county seat is Waterloo, moved there from the original county seat of Ovid in 1819. It became a two-shire county in 1822 ...
. 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. Its organizers advertised it as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". Held in the Wesleyan Chapel of the town of Seneca ...
, the first
women's rights Women's rights are the rights and Entitlement (fair division), entitlements claimed for women and girls worldwide. They formed the basis for the women's rights movement in the 19th century and the feminist movements during the 20th and 21st c ...
convention, where about 300 people gathered to hear
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elizabeth Cady Stanton ( Cady; November 12, 1815 – October 26, 1902) was an American writer and activist who was a leader of the women's rights movement in the U.S. during the mid- to late-19th century. She was the main force behind the 1848 ...
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.National Park Service, "Women's Rights", 2008 Pews from the First Congregational Church are now installed in the Wesleyan church.


See also

* List of monuments and memorials to women's suffrage


References


External links

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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-Methodist-church-stub