With the New Year came the quiet end for a landmark church that has stood for nearly 150 years in downtown Dover .
Opened on Blackwell Street in 1876 and expanded in 1907, the First United Methodist Church of Dover held its last services on Dec. 29. Even older than the grand stone edifice was the congregation itself, which was founded in 1838.
Rev. James Lee, spokesperson for the Eastern Pennsylvania & Greater New Jersey Conferences of the United Methodist Church, confirmed the closing on Wednesday after social media posts in town had spread the news…