St. Paul's Methodist Church (Newport, Rhode Island)

 church, place with historical importance, methodist church

United Methodist (originally Methodist Episcopal)

1800 Class organized.

1805 Ruben Hubbard becomes first of a long line of Pastors of the Church at 12 Marlborough Street.
1807 Church incorporated.
1806-7 The Church building erected; the first Methodist church in world with a steeple.
[restrained wood-frame, 2-story, end-gable structure incorporating a multi-stage tower within the main mass]

"Ruben Hubbard, the first pastor first held meetings in the first Baptist Church and later in the state house (now called the Colony House over on Washington square). When it became apparent that the growing congregation needed a building of its own, two men James Perry and Benjamin Wightman headed the project. Construction was started in 1806 to build a frame 45' x 60' before a site was chose. A lot 60' x 120' on Marlborough Street was offered. It was originally part of the Gov. Coddington Grant and early in the 1700s was the site of a snuff mill. The frame was brought to the lot and work was begun. The pay to the workmen consisted of $1.50 and half a pint of rum for a day's work."
(cont- www.gbgm-umc.org/stpaulsnewport/history/detailed_histor...