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Wesleyan Grove (also known as "Martha's Vineyard Campground Meeting Association" (MVCMA) or "The Campground") is a 34 acre National Historic Landmark District in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts on the island of Martha's Vineyard.
Just after the American Civil War, the area developed as a large Methodist summer campground with open air revivals. This meeting style became popular around the United States at the time, and many other similar camps were founded using similar models, such as Ocean Park, Maine and Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Colorful, ornate "gingerbread" cottages were built around the central church tabernacle area in the grove. The grove was added to the National Historic Register in 2005.[1][2]
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