Robert Strawbridge

? The first preacher of Methodism in America. He formed at his house (still standing, 1938) one-half mile east of here the first Class and the first Society of American Methodism. He built the first log meeting house (1764) for Methodists in America (Marston Road).

Marker is at the intersection of Wakefield Valley Road and New Windsor Road (Maryland Route 31), on the right when traveling east on Wakefield Valley Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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