VA-WY3 Salem Methodist Church

Marker text: SALEM METHODIST CHURCH

1.8 miles east of here stood Salem Methodist Church (1836-1918), scene of the initial violence resulting from the schism between northern and southern Methodists in 1846. A northern circuit preacher was dragged from the pulpit by members of the congregation. The building burned in 1870 and was replaced. Salem was the mother church of congregations at Cheriton and Oyster and five Eastern Shore Methodist ministers.

Erected 1983

Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission