Ahlberg Chapel

The Longmont Methodists built the church located at 326 Terry Street in Longmont, Colorado in 1882.  It became the Ahlberg Funeral Chapel when it was purchased by the Ahlberg family.  The Ahlberg Chapel portrays the Gothic Revival architectural style with key features including lancet windows, pitched gabled roof, round windows, and compound arched entrance.

Between 1878 and 1882, the Methodists erected the church for a cost of $5,100.  Dedication services were held on May 27, 1883.  Several churches used the building after the Methodist congregation built their third church in 1903.  The Seventh Day Adventists owned it prior to ownership by the Ahlberg family.

In 1903, a third Methodist church was erected at 4th and Terry Street.  In the 1920’s the parsonage was located at 4th and Pratt Streets, at 864 4th Avenue.

In 1958 the original church at 4th and Terry Street was sold for $55,000.  In 1964, the building was razed to make way for the Times Call Publishing Company building, which now occupies the site.

At various times the original church has been known as the First Methodist Episcopalian Church, The Elim Lutheran Church, and The Swedish Lutheran Church. 

Surveys of this property were completed in 1983 and 1992.  In the 1992 Historic Building Inventory Record, the building was assessed as being in “excellent” condition and the extent of alterations was “minor.”  It is shown on its original site, being built in 1882, and its “significance” being associated with significant events or patterns.