History of Marysville First
United Methodist Church
Our congregation became a church, the first to be organized in Marysville,
in 1827. Marysville was then a village of less than a dozen log
cabins.
In 1829 the trustees of the church bought a lot on
the north-west corner of what is now Fourth and Walnut Streets for $8.
A building was built on the lot in 1837 at a cost of $590.
The frame building was 30' x 40' with a basement. It served a
small but growing congregation for 17 years until a brick church was
finished on the southeast corner of Fifth and Walnut Streets (the
present location of the Shell Gas Station) in 1854.
In 1871 a parsonage was built on the present site of
the Court house. The house was sold to the county commissioners in
1880 for $3,000. The next parsonage was located on the
southeast corner of East Seventh and South Plum Streets.
The first service of worship in our present building
was held on January 1, 1897. The dedication service
was held in February of 1900. In 1907 a house was purchased for the
parsonage that stood where the County building is now located. The
house was moved to South Court Street in 1930. It served a as the
parsonage until 1958 when a new parsonage was built at 420 Hickory Drive
at a cost of $32,000.
A major remodeling to our present building occurred
in 1948 and an addition was added in 1959. In 1963 the church
sanctuary was completely renovated. Another major remodeling and
addition occurred in1981.
The Burnside Family Life Center, kitchen, many new
classrooms, rest rooms, showers, and extensive remodeling of the offices
and the area under the sanctuary was completed in the fall of 1998.
Our church's name through the years has been:
First Methodist Episcopal Church (1827-1939)
First Methodist Church (1939-1968)
First United Methodist Church (1968-present)
