The Methodist Episcopal Church is a quaint clapboard structure standing on an old fieldstone foundation and in the small Village of Marquette. This church was built in 1860, just before the Civil War, as a community church. Previously, religious groups had been meeting in the Courthouse building which was torn down around 1858, when Marquette lost its designation as the county seat. The church was built by Rev. Joseph Pierce with the help of local volunteers and public donations. They finished construction in time for Rev. Pierce’s twelve year old son to ring the church bell announcing the fall of Fort Sumter in 1861.

The Methodist church is rectangular in shape with clean, classic lines and is painted white. It has a charming façade with eight Gothic windows and a gabled roof topped with a belfry. The walls are plaster and wood, and the floor is cork. The Gothic windows effect a very pleasing light within. Both the interior and exterior of the Church look much like they did in the 1860s.

The Methodist Church was never remodeled; electricity was added along with shingles and ordinary maintenance. The last Methodist Congregation dissolved in 1959. The last church custodian tendered his resignation in 1988. The church was sold in 1989, and was kept untouched and intact by the owner, who later donated it to the Village of Marquette for a Historical Society. Remarkably, this little church, built with energy and hope by a generation of immigrants, stands practically unchanged and looks ready to welcome them back.