Submitted by Roger Malone
The Wesley Church was founded by a group of Welsh immigrants who had come to Ironton to mine iron ore. The Ohio Iron and Coal Company also gave land to this group in the winter of 1852. A chapel was completed there in August 1853.
John Ellis from Cincinnati served as pastor, preaching in Welsh until 1859. At that point, many of the Welsh immigrants spoke English, so an English-speaking reverend, J. P. Lacroix, took over.
As the “Wesley Chapel” grew into the Wesley Church,” a bigger home was needed. So, the new Wesley Church was built on Fifith and Etna streets in the late 1860s. It was in use from 1872 until February 1913, when a fire destroyed it.
This is an old map of the Wesley Chapel, there are no known photos in existence.
This photo was taken in 2000 and was at that time “Wesleyan Holiness Church.”
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