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Centenary Chapel

Historic Site #:	12-121   (Gone)   Type: E1	Town:	Sodus
Site Name:	Centenary Chapel	GPS Coordinates:	43.251207, -77.112274
Address:	5691 Middle Road Sodus New York just west of the corner of Centenary Road on Middle Road
Description:
This church no longer exists. It was originally built in 1827 and a second church was later built here in 1869.

 

Exterior c. 1900 (courtesy Wayne County Historical Society)	Interior, c1900 (courtesy Sodus Community Library)

 

Historic narrative:

Organized in 1827 as the 2nd Methodist Episcopal Church of Sodus, the congregation built a frame church that year with donated lumber and nails that cost $200. They built a second church in 1869. When the congregation disbanded in 1916. they sold their bell to the Williamson Reformed Church. The building is gone.

References:

Landmarks of Wayne County. George W. Cowles. 1895.

Sodus—1901: an atlas and Directory of the Town.

A History of the Churches of Sodus. Lewis H. Clark, Jr.. 1926.

Microfilm reel # -- Records of the North Centenary Road Methodist Church, 1840-1929

1st United Presbyterian Church of Sodus. 175th Anniversary. Jane C. Stirling. 1987.

The Centenary Community. John White. 1972. Hoffman Foundation Essay.