325 North Augusta Street, Staunton, Virginia 24401; 38.15328 N, 79.07282 W

The historic black Augusta Street United Methodist Church was originally known as John Wesley M. E. Church. The cornerstone was laid in 1876 during the parsonage of the late Rev. W. H. Draper. The John Wesley M. E. Church was frequently called the Augusta Street M. E. Church after the building was erected on Augusta Street, but it was not until 1918 during the pastorate of the late E. M. Mitchell that the name was officially changed in the Washington Annual Conference records. By 1969 all Black Annual Conference were phased out and Augusta Street M. E. Church joined the Virginia Annual Conference. 1968 was when the Methodist Church and the Evangelical United Brethren merged to form the United Methodist Church. This marked the fourth time Augusta Street’s official name was changed, this time to Augusta Street United Methodist Church.