History

Methodists have held regular meetings in Plattsburgh since 1817, and Methodist preachers (as Circuit Riders) came to this area to teach and preach even before then. The church was organized and received its first stationed minister in 1826. The first church building was on Court Street and was dedicated in 1831.

Fires in 1846 and 1849 destroyed the buildings which were then rebuilt. By the 1880s the church had outgrown its quarters, and a new building was built on Oak Street and dedicated in 1885. On February 4, 1956 fire destroyed that building, and the present structure at 127 Beekman Street was designed and built by 1958.

On September 7, 2008, Plattsburgh United Methodist Church celebrated the anniversary of 50 years at its current location.

Read more about our last 50 years