Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts: Methodist Tabernacle

While in Oak Bluffs on Martha's Vineyard we visited the Methodist campground and in the center at Trinity Park is one of the largest wrought-iron structures in the country, the Methodist Tabernacle. We parked illegally in a resident permit space to get a closer look. It looks like a cross between an old corroded shed and a church, stained glass windows surrounded by rusty iron corrugated roofing sheets. The beams holding the roof structure seem insufficent, and I believe the owners think so too, as the entrance was blocked by "do not enter" signs. Another National Landmark rusting away to nothing. [Carl & Anne Ambrose, 10/30/2002]