| VILLAGE OF CLYDE |
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Methodism had a long history in Clyde even before the village was formally established. Seeley's 1912 History of Oakland County, Michigan records that "The church at Clyde was first organized about 1855, the first meetings being held in a brick schoolhouse south of the village, and also in the schoolhouse in Rose township about the same time. In 1857 or 1858, the old Baptist church at White Lake, four miles east of Clyde, was used for a meeting place. In the early seventies a small church was built at Clyde, on Wheeler's lot, where meetings were held. The meetings at White Lake were soon after discontinued, part of the congregation meeting at Davisburg and the remainder at Clyde with the new church. Those who united with the congregation already located there built the present church, this event taking place in 1885." Located on the southeast corner of Oakland (now North Milford Road) and Bishop Streets, this 1885 building is shown below, looking southeast. While somewhat altered over the years, including a more modern addition on the west, it has the distinction of being the oldest house of worship still standing in Highland Township.
