Beechworth Methodist Church - Former
Beechworth, VIC 3747
Church Information
| Church Name: | Beechworth Methodist Church - Former |
| Church Previous Name: | - |
| Denomination: | Methodist (Wesleyan and Other) |
| Street Address: | 26-30 Ford St, Beechworth VIC 3747, Australia |
| Suburb: | Beechworth |
| State: | VIC |
| Postcode: | 3747 |
| Foundation Stone Laid: | 00-01-1857 |
| Foundation Stone Notes: | No Foundation Stone or Memorial Plaque details are known. Information/photographs are invited. A plaque on the Sunday School building records: In Memory of - Methodist Pioneers - who built the first Christian Church - in Beechworth on this site in 1854 - 18~4~1954. |
| Date Opened: | 00-00-1869 |
| Date Closed: | 00-00-1966 |
| Email: | admin@churchesaustralia.org |
Comments
This former Beechwoth Methodist Church has closed, and the property is now privately owned. It was built in 1857, and was the first permanent church building on the Ovens goldfields.
The first Methodist church services were held in the open air, then in a tent and then in a wooden schoolhouse erected in 1854. It was replaced, on the same site, by the red brick Sunday School building erected in 1869.
The buildings ceased being used for church services in 1966 when the Methodist and Congregational churches in Beechworth amalgamated.
More historical information/photographs of the former church/congregation are invited. Photographs uploaded 19/11/2017.
Property is heritage listed. See: http://vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/104/download-report
