{
  "sight": {
    "id": "Q7697793",
    "slug": "telok-ayer-chinese-methodist-church",
    "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/telok-ayer-chinese-methodist-church",
    "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7697793",
    "name": "Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church",
    "name_source": "Wikidata",
    "name_ko": "텔록아이어 중국인 감리교회",
    "name_ja": null,
    "name_zh_hans": "卫理公会直落亚逸礼拜堂",
    "name_zh_hant": null,
    "category": "church",
    "heritage": "National Monument",
    "planning_area": "Downtown Core",
    "address": "235 Telok Ayer Street, Singapore 068656",
    "lat": 1.2784736,
    "lng": 103.8469914,
    "position_source": "NHB",
    "official_url": "http://www.tacmc.org.sg/",
    "nearest_station": {
      "slug": "tanjong-pagar",
      "name": "Tanjong Pagar Station",
      "name_ja": "タンジョン・パガー",
      "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/station/tanjong-pagar",
      "straight_line_m": 238
    },
    "description_en": "Originally known as the Chinese Methodist Church, Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church was the first church established to cater exclusively to the spiritual needs of the Chinese Methodist community.",
    "description_ko": "원래 ‘중국인 감리교회’로 알려졌던 텔록아이어 중국인 감리교회는 중국계 감리교 공동체의 영적 필요만을 위해 세워진 첫 교회였어요.",
    "description_ja": "当初は「中国人メソジスト教会」として知られていたTelok Ayer Chinese Methodist Churchは、中国系メソジスト信徒コミュニティの霊的な必要にのみ応えるために設立された最初の教会でした。",
    "description_zh_hans": "卫理公会直落亚逸礼拜堂原称“华人卫理公会”，是第一座专为满足华人卫理公会信众精神需求而设立的教堂。",
    "description_zh_hant": "衛理公會直落亞逸禮拜堂原稱“華人衛理公會”，是第一座專為滿足華人衛理公會信眾精神需求而設立的教堂。",
    "sources": [
      "National Heritage Board, Monuments (SODL v1.0)",
      "Wikidata (CC0)"
    ],
    "photo": {
      "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/img/sights/telok-ayer-chinese-methodist-church.webp",
      "thumb": "https://dealsingapore.com/img/sights/telok-ayer-chinese-methodist-church-sm.webp",
      "credit": {
        "licence": "Copyrighted free use",
        "licenceUrl": null,
        "artist": "User:Sengkang",
        "page": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Telok_Ayer_Chinese_Methodist_Church,_Dec_05.JPG",
        "width": 1600,
        "height": 1200,
        "photo": true
      }
    },
    "nearest_exit": {
      "station": "tanjong-pagar",
      "exit": "G",
      "straight_line_m": 77
    },
    "areas": [
      {
        "slug": "tanjong-pagar",
        "name": "Tanjong Pagar",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/areas/tanjong-pagar",
        "straight_line_m": 231
      },
      {
        "slug": "chinatown",
        "name": "Chinatown",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/areas/chinatown",
        "straight_line_m": 652
      }
    ],
    "nearby_sights": [
      {
        "id": "nhb-b8d0d185",
        "slug": "custom-house-maxwell-road",
        "name": "Custom House, Maxwell Road",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/custom-house-maxwell-road",
        "category": "historic-site",
        "straight_line_m": 153
      },
      {
        "id": "nhb-0b221255",
        "slug": "anglo-chinese-school",
        "name": "Anglo-Chinese School",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/anglo-chinese-school",
        "category": "historic-site",
        "straight_line_m": 189
      },
      {
        "id": "Q7683390",
        "slug": "tanjong-pagar-park",
        "name": "Tanjong Pagar Park",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/tanjong-pagar-park",
        "category": "park-garden",
        "straight_line_m": 219
      },
      {
        "id": "Q4022275",
        "slug": "al-abrar-mosque",
        "name": "Al-Abrar Mosque",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/al-abrar-mosque",
        "category": "mosque",
        "straight_line_m": 226
      },
      {
        "id": "Q16334460",
        "slug": "singapore-city-gallery",
        "name": "Singapore City Gallery",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/singapore-city-gallery",
        "category": "museum",
        "straight_line_m": 230
      },
      {
        "id": "Q2158122",
        "slug": "thian-hock-keng",
        "name": "Thian Hock Keng",
        "url": "https://dealsingapore.com/sight/thian-hock-keng",
        "category": "temple",
        "straight_line_m": 298
      }
    ]
  },
  "source": {
    "nhb": "Monuments (GEOJSON) d_b29c230ec6b609e29ed42f71ca9a8767 and Historic Sites (GEOJSON) d_31e16b12809e66673e90d8b04fdee1b2, National Heritage Board, data.gov.sg, accessed 30 September 2026, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0: names, points, addresses, descriptions.",
    "wikidata": "Wikidata (CC0), read 1 October 2026: names in en, ja, ko, zh, type, official website, image file names (each Commons file carries its own licence).",
    "selection": "English Wikivoyage Singapore guides, revisions of 1 October 2026: which places are listed under See and Do (selection only; no text used).",
    "planning_areas": "Master Plan 2025 Planning Area Boundary (No Sea) d_2cc750190544007400b2cfd5d7f53209, Urban Redevelopment Authority, data.gov.sg, accessed 1 October 2026, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0: the planning area each sight is in.",
    "note": "English names are the National Heritage Board's for the places it lists (name_source: NHB), otherwise Wikidata labels. Korean, Japanese and Chinese names are Wikidata labels or Wikipedia article titles where present. NHB fields keep the Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0; no terms are added to them."
  },
  "not_published": {
    "opening_hours": "No source we use carries them. The official_url is where they are.",
    "walking_time": "Every distance here is a straight line, not a walking route."
  },
  "_meta": {
    "api_version": "1",
    "site": "https://dealsingapore.com",
    "generated_at": "2026-10-01",
    "license": "NHB fields: Monuments and Historic Sites, National Heritage Board via data.gov.sg, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, modified (merged, matched to Wikidata). Names and categories: Wikidata (CC0) or NHB. Planning areas: URA Master Plan 2025, Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0. Attribute dealsingapore.com and the National Heritage Board. See /llms.txt and /terms.",
    "docs": "https://dealsingapore.com/llms.txt"
  }
}