Fly Creek Methodist Church, also known as First Methodist Episcopal Society in Fly Creek, is a historic Methodist

Methodism

Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...

 church on Co. Rt. 26, north of the junction with NY 28 in Fly Creek

Otsego, New York

Otsego is a town in Otsego County, New York, United States. The population was 3,904 at the 2000 census. The town is named after a lake on its border.The Town of Otsego is in the north central part of the county.- History :...

, Otsego County, New York

Otsego County, New York

Otsego County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. The 2010 population was 62,259. The county seat is Cooperstown. The name Otsego is from a Mohawk word meaning "place of the rock."-History:...

. It was built in 1838 and is a plain, clapboarded

Clapboard (architecture)

Clapboard, also known as bevel siding or lap siding or weather-board , is a board used typically for exterior horizontal siding that has one edge thicker than the other and where the board above laps over the one below...

, timber frame building on a fieldstone

Fieldstone

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 foundation with a frontal gable in the Greek Revival

Greek Revival architecture

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 style. The interior configuration is a modification of the Akron plan

Akron Plan

Akron Plan for church buildings was popularized by architectural pattern books in the late 19th and early 20th century. The plan is typified by an auditorium form worship space surrounded by connecting Sunday school classrooms spaces on one or two levels. The plan promotes efficiency of movement...

. It is located within the boundaries of the Fly Creek Historic District

Fly Creek Historic District

Fly Creek Historic District is a national historic district located at Fly Creek in Otsego County, New York. It encompasses 111 contributing buildings, three contributing sites, and 88 contributing structures...

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It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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in 1996.