Francis Asbury Statue - View this location on map The monument to pioneer Methodist bishop Francis Asbury (1745-1810) was erected on this triangular Reservation in 1924. The bronze figure on a granite pedestal depicts Asbury astride a pausing horse. Asbury was the first superintendent of the Methodist Church in America, and spent his ministry traveling throughout the country, ordaining thousands of clergymen. 16th and Mount Pleasant Streets, NW, Washington , DC Historical

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