Centreville United Methodist Church (1902) A handsome shingled church building with a high, uncrushed stone foundation and a square, tapered, 2-story tower, which contains a hip, roofed hooded entry. The adjacent Mount Pleasant Cemetery is associated with the church.
A circuit minister held the first Methodist Episcopal services in Centreville in the early years of the 19th century. A building for the Methodist Episcopal Church and Proprietors Meeting House of Centreville, Rhode Island, was erected in 1831 on land given by Joseph Greene, A fire on February 9, 1902 destroyed the church, which was immediately replaced. The new structure was dedicated on June 6, 1903.
Taken from Historic and Architectural Resources of West Warwick, Rhode Island: A Preliminary Report. By the RI Historical Preservation Commission. Page 58 copyright 1987
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