The Wharton Street Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church is an Methodist Episcopal Church and former historical congregation now located in West Philadelphia. Its most recent place of worship was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 2019. At its peak, it had a congregation of 1,500, but now hosts around 150. The original Wharton Street church was located between 3rd and 4th on Wharton in 1842, in the location that now houses the St. Casimir Lithuanian Catholic Church. Its founding was the merging of Ebenezer ME and a subsidiary, Bethesda ME. The original building was damaged during an April 1844 storm. In late 1870 and early 1871, it was beautified by the congregation's leadership to be transformed from an unassuming brick building to a more elaborate edifice. On the congregation's 50th anniversary celebration on October 17, 1892, a speech was supposed to be given by Elijah Walker Halford, the private secretary to then-President Benjamin Harrison. Such a speech was cancelled at the last minute due to the illness of Harrison's wife, Caroline Harrison, who would die 8 days later from complications of Tuberculosis. More information...
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