First United Methodist Church

Historical marker location:

52 North Main Street, London, Ohio

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Ohio Route 56) and 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.)

Constructed 1893.

The Ohio River, which forms the state's southern border, played a significant role in the Underground Railroad, a network of secret routes and safe houses used by African American slaves to escape to freedom in the North before the Civil War.