Swain Memorial United Methodist Church
The most prominent of the island's buildings, Swain Memorial United Methodist Church is easily recognized as the focal point of Tangier.
Built in 1899 on the site of the island's second church (1842), it is the center of the Tangier's religious activity.
The Hiram Benson Education Building, erected in 1963 is named for a "pillar" of the Methodist Sunday school and occupies the site of the third church, Mariner's Bethel (1870).
Traditional Methodist class meetings are still held weekly and may be the last such gatherings of any Methodist community in America.
Marker is on Main Ridge Road near Ponderosa Lane.
Courtesy hmdb.org
