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Under the direction of Rev.Joseph Chapman, a meeting was held on January 27,1846 for the purpose of reorganizing the
church society so that is could be a legal church body. Rev.Joseph Chapmen, Henry Morehouse, David Spaulding, Richard
Moulton, Asahel Tyler, Henry Totten, And William Terry attened this meeting. These men organized and started a Methodist
Episcopal Society for North Cohocton. In April 1, 1846 it was decided that a church bulding was needeed. Plans were made
and on July 16,1846 Rev.Joseph Chapmen announced that a lot had been deeded to the church people by Jesse McQuigg for
bulding a church on. This lot is where the church stands today. Virgil M. Kimball made up bulding plans and was giving the job
to erect it. The church was completed in the summer of 1874. In 1863 class rooms were bult and a parsonage was obtained.
In 1887 a small spire was built on the front and new stained glass windows were added. In 1922 the interior of the church was
remodeled and new pews were installed with other improvements. On April 28, 1946 the church celebrated its 100th
anniversary. On Sunday moring March 2, 1947 the church was destroyed by a fire. The only item recoverd from the fire was a
alter cross given to the church in honor if his mother by Aubrey Donley. He gave it to the church in 1922. The center symbol
was lost but the cross itself was cleaned up and is kept on the communion table today. On that Tuesday in 1947 the Trustees
met to make plans for rebulding the church. In the meantime services were held at Wesley Hall. The construction of the new
church began in June of 1948 with Harold Lippincott as the builder. The church was finished in 1949 with Patsor Harold Blish.
The First service was on Easter Sunday in 1949. In 1964 Sunday School rooms, an office, bathrooms, and a storeroom were
added. In 1988 the back if the church got a new addition of a nice new kitchen with sinks and a furnace coming from Wesley
Hall which was torn down a few years early. Since then walls have been painted and celings have been replaced.