Wilkinsburg's First Church

In the "Holy City" it means something to be the first.

Methodism in Wilkinsburg began in 1832 as part of the Braddock Field Circuit. The 24-member congregation of Wilkinsburg Methodist Episcopal Church built Wilkinsburg's first Church on a Wallace Ave lot donated by James Kelly. The property was later sold to the Baptists in 1892 and the Methodists moved to their present site on South Ave.

In 1955, flames broke out in the furnace room of the Baptist Church on Wallace Avenue and destroyed the entire Church which was rebuilt.

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Source: Wilkinsburg Historical Society. (2007). Images of America: Wilkinsburg. Arcadia Publishing.

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