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Date: 1913-1914 Type: Methodist Church Status: Extant Street: Market St   Click to view map Coordinates: 33°18'44.72" S 26°32'07.89" E Alt: 525m

The money to build this church came from the sale of the first Wesleyan Chapel which was sold to the Government in 1912 for £2,000. The land was provided by Mr William Pike. The son of the grand old William Pike of Clumber, he was among the local preachers who helped William Shaw establish Methodism in Lower Albany. The foundation stone was laid on August 23 1913 and it was opened on January 31 1914. In the church is an organ known as the 'Hill Organ', made by William Hill of London between 1832 and 1837. It was imported by Major Henry Somerset as a present to his wife. She gave it to the chapel in Fort England from where it was transferred to the Methodist Church. The organ was proclaimed a National Monument in 1960 and is registered as a Provincial Resource on SAHRIS. Books and articles that reference Wesleyan Methodist Church Oberholster, JJ. 1972. The historical monuments of South Africa. Cape Town: Rembrandt Van Rijn Foundation for Culture at the request of the National Monuments Council. pg 143