. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . North Congregational Church. Hupe (^ongtegutionul CJiiuih Springfield Present and Prospective 127 and several itinerants as early as 1791. The followers of Methodismwere few but determined, and at last in 1815 were granted recognitionas a station of the Tolland (Connecticut) circuit. Four years latera preacher was appointed for Springfield, and services were held alter-nately on Armory Hill and at the Watershops, where the work hadfirst gained a foothold, and where in 1820 a Methodist chapel waserected. In 1823, a church was built on U
. Springfield present and prospective; the city of homes . North Congregational Church. Hupe (^ongtegutionul CJiiuih Springfield Present and Prospective 127 and several itinerants as early as 1791. The followers of Methodismwere few but determined, and at last in 1815 were granted recognitionas a station of the Tolland (Connecticut) circuit. Four years latera preacher was appointed for Springfield, and services were held alter-nately on Armory Hill and at the Watershops, where the work hadfirst gained a foothold, and where in 1820 a Methodist chapel waserected. In 1823, a church was built on Union street, and work atthe chapel became intermittent, sometimes being entirely suspendedand at other times being carried on by a separate church organiza-tion. At last, in i860, the Florence Street church, now known as theAsbury First Methodist Episcopal church, was reorganized. TheMethodist polity does not allow long pastorates, and comparativelyfew of the ministers of the Methodist churches have left distinctlytraceable personal impress on the life of the city. One of the pastor
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