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All site design and development by Ben Beverly

Photography & illustration

All images courtesy of John Street United Methodist Church except those cited below. Images are cited by page in order of appearance at 1440px x 900px screen resolution. For image removal requests, email johnstreetchurch@gmail.com.

Barbara Heck

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Barbara Heck portrait engraving:

Withrow, W. H. Barbara Heck; a tale of early Methodism. Cincinnati, Cranston & Curts, 1895. Pdf. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://www.loc.gov/item/08037788/


Book Group

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"Open book lot" photo:

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"Woman with pink hair sorting clothes" photo:

Photo by Julia M Cameron on Pexels


Historic map illustration:

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map bounded by Broadway, Park Row, Spruce Street, Gold Street, Liberty Street" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-c7c9-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99


Event rentals

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Building drawings:

Habersham, Stanton A. "Old John Street Methodist Episcopal Church, 44-46 John Street, New York County, NY." Measured drawing, Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1934. From Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (HABS No. NY,31-NEYO,23-; https://www.loc.gov/item/ny0390/ ).


"Crayon, Graffiti, Drawing" photo:

Photo by Mari Kanezaki on Pixabay

"Online Video Call with Bible on Table" photo:

Photo by Dylan Ferreira on Unsplash

"A Man in Brown Suit Running on the Street" photo:

Photo by Barbara Olsen on Pexels

"Open book lot" photo:

Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash

Wesley Chapel illustration:

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Three pictures of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. The first . . . founded A.D. 1768, dedicated by the Revd. Philip Embury.; The second church rebuilt 1817. Dedicated by the Revds. Nathan Bangs, D.D., St. Merwin and Bishop Soule, and the third church rebuilt A.D. 1841. Dedicated by Bishop Hedding. Also, the old rigging loft as it now stands 120 William St. 1844. Formerly Cart and Horse Street. Names of the first board of trustess and those of 1844 and 1847" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-a252-d471-e040-e00a180654d7


Homepage

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Captain Thomas Webb portrait engraving:

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Captain Thos. Webb of the British Army One of the first Methodist Preachers in America" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-2392-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

"Woman with pink hair sorting clothes" photo:

Photo by Julia M Cameron on Pexels


Monday Bible Study

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"Online Video Call with Bible on Table" photo:

Photo by Dylan Ferreira on Unsplash


Wesley Chapel engraving:

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "The First Methodist Episcopal church in America" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-a30a-d471-e040-e00a180654d7

John Street United Methodist Church photo:

MacFarland, E.P. "VIEW FROM NORTHEAST. - Old John Street Methodist Episcopal Church, 44-46 John Street, New York County, NY." Photograph, Historic American Buildings Survey, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1934. From Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (HABS No. NY,31-NEYO,23-; https://www.loc.gov/item/ny0390/ ).

Rev. Nathan Bangs portrait photo:

Brady-Handy Collection, Prints & Photographs Division, Library of Congress, LC-DIG-cwpbh-02811.

Peter Williams portrait photo:

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Saint John's Methodist Church Sexton, Peter Williams, 1801" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1052bc60-3b1c-0134-d510-00505686a51c

"George Washington Statue at Federal Hall" photo:

OptimumPx. George Washington Statue at Federal Hall. 11 May 2010. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George_Washington_Statue_at_Federal_Hall.JPG

Barbara Heck portrait engraving:

Withrow, W. H. Barbara Heck; a tale of early Methodism. Cincinnati, Cranston & Curts, 1895. Pdf. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://www.loc.gov/item/08037788/

Barbara Heck background illustration:

Moss, Arthur Bruce. John Street Methodist Church. New York, John Street Methodist Church, 1966. Pdf. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://www.johnstreetchurch.org/JohnStreetMethodistChurch_book_hires.pdf

Philip Embury portrait engraving:

Moss, Arthur Bruce. John Street Methodist Church. New York, John Street Methodist Church, 1966. Pdf. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://www.johnstreetchurch.org/JohnStreetMethodistChurch_book_hires.pdf

Philip Embury background illustration:

Moss, Arthur Bruce. John Street Methodist Church. New York, John Street Methodist Church, 1966. Pdf. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://www.johnstreetchurch.org/JohnStreetMethodistChurch_book_hires.pdf

Francis Asbury portrait engraving:

Tanner, Benjamin, Engraver, and John Paradise. The Revd. Francis Asbury, Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States / painted by J. Paradise ; engraved by B. Tanner. , 1814. Philadelphia: Published 27th March 1814 by B. Tanner, No. 74 South 8th Street, th. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2015650295/.

James Varick portrait engraving:

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. "James Varick. First Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1895. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-7723-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

James Varick background illustration:

A.M.E. Zion Church, corner of West Tenth and Bleecker Street, New York City. New York, ca. 1867. Photograph. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://www.loc.gov/item/2002737222/.

Fanny Crosby portrait photo:

Crosby, Fanny, and Robert Lowry. Bells at Evening: And Other Verse. New York ; Chicago: Biglow & Main, 1898. Pdf. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://www.loc.gov/item/98002213/.

Fanny Crosby background photo:

Music Division, The New York Public Library. "A Hymn of Thanksgiving" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47df-ec61-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Embury preaching his farewell sermon on ship illustration:

Crook, William. Ireland and the centenary of American Methodism. London Hamilton, Adams, and Co, 1866. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/unk84023372/.


Museum Tours

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Wesley Chapel illustration:

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Three pictures of the First Methodist Episcopal Church. The first . . . founded A.D. 1768, dedicated by the Revd. Philip Embury.; The second church rebuilt 1817. Dedicated by the Revds. Nathan Bangs, D.D., St. Merwin and Bishop Soule, and the third church rebuilt A.D. 1841. Dedicated by Bishop Hedding. Also, the old rigging loft as it now stands 120 William St. 1844. Formerly Cart and Horse Street. Names of the first board of trustess and those of 1844 and 1847" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5e66b3e8-a252-d471-e040-e00a180654d7


Philip Embury

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Philip Embury portrait engraving:

Moss, Arthur Bruce. John Street Methodist Church. New York, John Street Methodist Church, 1966. Pdf. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://www.johnstreetchurch.org/JohnStreetMethodistChurch_book_hires.pdf


Sunday School

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"Crayon, Graffiti, Drawing" photo:

Photo by Mari Kanezaki on Pixabay


Visit us

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John Street Methodist Church engraving:

Belcher, Joseph. The religious denominations in the United States: their history, doctrine, government and statistics. With a preliminary sketch of Judaism, paganism and Mohammedanism. Philadelphia, J. E. Potter, 1854. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/33038332/


Wonderful Wednesdays

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"A Man in Brown Suit Running on the Street" photo:

Photo by Barbara Olsen on Pexels