Main Street UMC History


In 1981-1982, J Lawrence Hall complied the book: Methodism in Nashua. This book documents the history of Methodism in Nashua and is available in the church library.

Methodism in Nashua

The following list on early Methodist activities is taken from the book:

1832Methodist Episcopal Society of NashuaOrange and Lowell Streets
1839Methodist Episcopal Society of Hudson
1844First Methodist Episcopal Society of NashuaChestnut and West Perl Streets
1848First Wesleyan Methodist SocietyOrange and Canal Streets
1850First Methodist Episcopal Church of NashuaOrange and Lowell Streets
1864Chestnut Street Methodist Episcopal Church of NashuaChestnut and Perl Streets
1866Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church of NashuaMain and Factory Streets
1881First Methodist Episcopal Church of HudsonNear Taylor Falls Bridge
1892-1898Arlington Street Methodist ChurchHaines and Arlington Street
1939Main Street Methodist Church
1968Main Street United Methodist Church

Pastors Who Served Main Street Church

1868Ebenezer Smith
1869George Bowler
1869-71Angelo Canolli
1871-74Varnum A. Cooper
1874Charles Shelly
1876-79Charles E. Hall
1876-79J. R. Day
1882Dr. P. D. Raymond
1884J. M. Frost
1885James H. Haines
1888-91J. Z. Armstrong
1891-95Dr. C. W. Rowley
1896-99J. M. Durell
1900-02Elwin Hitchcock
1903-06F. C. Rogers
1907-14E. C. Strout
1915T. E. Cramer
1916-22E. A. Durham
1923-25Harry B. Hill
1926-28F. W. Smith
1929-35J. R. Copplestone
1936-41J. M. Armistead
1941-47Dr. Edward H. Brewster
1948-55J. Norman Barrett
1956-61Edward A. Milley
1962-70Ernest R. Drake
1971-73Donald H. McAninch
1974-83Philip A. Crane
1983-92Ralph Bruce
1992-2000David Svenson
2000-Lenora Sue Job

 


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