Rigging Loft

ON THIS SITE ON WILLIAM STREET, FORMERLY HORSE-AND-CART STREET STOOD THE RIGGING LOFT WHERE MEMBERS OF THE FIRST METHODIST SOCIETY IN AMERICA WORSHIPED FROM 1767-1768 AMONG THE ORIGINAL LEADERS WERE PHILIP EMBURY - BARBARA HECK CAPTAIN THOMAS WEBB ON OCTOBER 30, 1768 WESLEY CHAPEL NOW JOHN STREET METHODIST CHURCH WAS DEDICATED AT 44 JOHN STREET