Built in 1795, this church was originally the Susquehanna Methodist Church in East Durham, Greene County, New York. Later, it was moved to Cornwallville, where it became the Cornwallville Methodist Church, and lastly it was moved to Cooperstown in the 1960s, where it became a part of the historic village. Notable is the fact that it was built using the same basic model as St. Mark's Episcopal Church (1852), St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (1832), St. Mary's Episcopal Church (1850), St. John's Episcopal Church of Tuckahoe (1798), and many others. It was basically the prototypical church of the 19th (and very late 18th) century.
I haven't yet been able to find any information about the graveyard beside the church. I did notice that the 18th-century stones face away from the church building, which is not how they would have been arranged in the 18th century - but obviously they are not in their original locations.
My wife and I were married in that church at the "Village Crossroads" in 1976. Her family is from Cooperstown.
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