The Wilsonville Methodist Episcopal Church, known to residents as the “Old Church,” was dedicated on Aug. 27, 1911. It opened debt-free with an organ bought during construction at the insistence of women in the congregation. Designed in the Gothic Revival style, it was built for $3,500 on farmland valued at $500 that a congregation member donated. Its 53-foot steeple made it Wilsonville’s tallest building for decades. Services were held by oil lamp until electricity was added in 1928, and the belfry bell called the congregation to Sunday worship and other events. The church also hosted ice cream socials, oyster soup suppers, taffy pulls, pot luck dinners, and annual Christmas pageants. In 1992 the congregation moved to a new building on east Wilsonville Road. The old church was briefly used by another congregation, then stood abandoned for years. In 1996 the church and surrounding properties were sold to the Fred Meyer Co., and residents urged its preservation. McMenamins Pubs & Breweries later restored the building, which reopened to the public in August 2011, nearly 100 years after its dedication.