Methodist Church - Bodie, California

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The old METHODIST CHURCH was erected in 1882. This is the only church still standing in Bodie and the only Protestant church erected. E. J. Clinton of San Francisco restored the church and held the last service here in 1932. Since then, the interior has been badly vandalized, and the Ten Commandments painted on oilcloth which once hung behind the pulpit (Thou shalt not steal) has been stolen. The Catholic church on Wood Street, also built in 1882, burned down in 1928.

Text from the Bodie State Historic Park tour book

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