John Wesley Methodist Church, also known as First Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist church on E. Foster Street in Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia. It was built in 1820, and is a two-story, brick meeting house building with Greek Revival style design elements. It originally measures 58 feet long by 47 feet wide. In 1835, a vestibule addition added 10 feet to the length. The interior features a "slave gallery." During the Battle of Lewisburg, a cannonball struck the southwest corner and the repairs remain visible.

John Weir, a brickmason and architect, is traditionally accepted to have been the architect for the 1820 building. An 1835 addition was by John W. Dunn, also a brickmason and architect. Dunn is credited with bringing Greek Revival architecture to the area by this work. According to the 1974 NRHP nomination, the building "remains one of the county's most stately structures".

John Wesley Methodist Church

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

John Wesley Methodist Church

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American Civil War sites in West Virginia

Buildings and structures in Lewisburg, West Virginia

Greek Revival church buildings in West Virginia

Greenbrier County, West Virginia in the American Civil War

Methodist churches in West Virginia

National Register of Historic Places in Greenbrier County, West Virginia

Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in West Virginia

Churches completed in 1820

John W. Dunn buildings

Methodist Episcopal churches in the United States

John Wesley Methodist Church