Old Post Road Established 1666. The first Methodist college in the world established at Abingdon June 5, 1785 by Bishops Thomas Coke and Francis Asbury. Destroyed by fire December 4, 1796, located 175 yards east of this point.

Marker is on Philadelphia Road (Maryland Route 7) 0.2 miles south of Abingdon Road, on the right when traveling north.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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