Cradle of North Mississippi Methodism
The North Mississippi Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, now the United Methodist Church, was organized one block East on November 30, 1870. It was created from portions of the Memphis, Alabama and Mississippi Conferences - Bishop D. S. Doggett, President; John Barcroff, Secretary.
1879 - Minister's Relief Assoc. organized
1898 - Mississippi Orphan's Home, M.E.C.S. built here
Site of seven of the North Mississippi Annual Conference
Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Mississippi Route 315) and Wood Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
Courtesy hmdb.org
