A Methodist church isn’t the usual venue for a fist fight. But when John Street Church in downtown Manhattan held a meeting one sweltering July afternoon in 1856 on the possibility of moving uptown, ...

As time passes by, it can be difficult to remember how a certain landscape once appeared when so much has seemingly changed throughout the years. Similarly, people of a certain age or passersby might ...

Feb. 25, 1911, was the date. The First United Methodist Church, corner of King and Riberia streets, was the location. Then known as the First Methodist Episcopal Church South, Feb. 25, 1911, was the ...