Frederica’s North Storehouse was a three-story brick and timber structure with a flat, tarred roof where ships’ cargoes of food, tools, weapons, and other provisions vital to the colony were stored. Frederica’s food stores for 1737 included an estimated 20,586 pounds of meat, 15,980 pounds of rice, and more than 8,000 gallons of wine. The building also served as a courthouse and church. John Wesley conducted Anglican services on the third floor, and in his journal for Sunday, April 11, 1736, he wrote, “I preached at the new storehouse on the first verse of the Gospel for the day: Which of you convinceth me of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me?” Charles Wesley, John’s brother, also preached in the building, which he called “our tabernacle.”
