First Methodist Church (Cleveland)

{{short description|Historic church in Ohio, United States}}

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = First Methodist Church

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| image = First Methodist Church of Cleveland across the street.jpg

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| location = 3000 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio

| coordinates = {{coord|41|30|8|N|81|40|1|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = United States Cleveland#Ohio#USA

| built = 1905

| architect = Dyer, J. Milton; Mueller, Paul

| architecture = Late Gothic Revival

| added = September 01, 1995

| area = less than one acre

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000653|title=Upper Prospect MRA}}

| refnum = 84003953{{NRISref|2009a}}

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First Methodist Church is a historic church in the Central neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio.

Located on the southeast corner of E.30th Street and Euclid Avenue, the church was built in 1905 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. In 2010, The congregation left the Euclid Avenue building to merge with Epworth-Euclid United Methodist Church to form University Circle United Methodist Church in Epworth-Euclid UMC's University Circle building.{{cite web | url=http://www.cleveland.com/religion/index.ssf/2009/12/two_cleveland_united_methodist.html | title=Two Cleveland United Methodist congregations merging; will worship at University Circle site | date=3 December 2009 }} Euclid Avenue Congregational Church, whose building in the Fairfax neighborhood was destroyed in a fire in 2010, occupied the former First Methodist building from 2010 until mid-2014 before moving to a permanent building in South Euclid, a suburb of Cleveland.{{Cite web |url=http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/members-of-fire-which-destroyed-historic-cleveland-church-building-4-years-ago-move-into-new-church |title=Euclid Ave. Congregational United Church finds new home after a fire destroyed church 4 years ago - newsnet5.com Cleveland |access-date=2014-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141030211740/http://www.newsnet5.com/news/local-news/cleveland-metro/members-of-fire-which-destroyed-historic-cleveland-church-building-4-years-ago-move-into-new-church |archive-date=2014-10-30 |url-status=dead }} The former First Methodist building was put up for auction in 2018;{{cite news|first=Michelle|last=Jarboe|title=Historic Euclid Avenue church headed to auction, with minimum sale price of $250,000|url=http://realestate.cleveland.com/realestate-news/2018/02/historic_euclid_avenue_church.html|work=The Plain Dealer|date=February 21, 2018|access-date=February 21, 2018}} by 2023, it had been converted into a banquet hall.{{cite news|first=John|last=Kosich|title=Historic Euclid Avenue church in Cleveland set to begin new life as one-of-a-kind banquet hall|url=https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/historic-euclid-avenue-church-in-cleveland-set-to-begin-new-life-as-one-of-a-kind-banquet-hall|publisher=WEWS-TV|date=August 1, 2023|access-date=February 9, 2024}}