Record Coverage: 1900–1936
The First German Methodist Episcopal Church was organized in 1836. In the late 1800s, it was located on the corner of 16th and Roland Streets in Birmingham (now Pittsburgh’s South Side). When this building was sold in December of 1907, they moved to the intersection of Millbridge and Climax Streets. Services were held only in German until WWI. They merged with Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church in 1935 to form John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church.
Early records (1842-1926) can be found on microfilm at the University of Pittsburgh Archives and Special Collections under First German Methodist Episcopal Church, Birmingham, Pittsburgh, PA. Records AIS.1974.24. This microfilm can also be found in the WPGS collection.
TIMELINE:
1836—First German Methodist Episcopal Church, Birmingham, formed
1873—Allentown Methodist Episcopal Church formed
1877—Allentown Methodist Episcopal Church name changed to South Street Methodist Episcopal Church
1885—Arlington Avenue Evangelical United Brethren Church formed
1892—South Street Methodist Episcopal Church moved to the present location, became Washington Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church. Washington Avenue later became today’s Warrington Avenue
1925—Washington Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church name changed to Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
1935—Trinity M.E. became John Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church with the merger of the First German Methodist Episcopal Church
1970—John Wesley M.E. named Hill Top United Methodist Church with the merger of the Arlington Avenue Evangelical United Brethren Church
1991—Becks Run United Methodist Church merged with Hill Top United Methodist Church
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