Endicott Cultural Center Growing at Historic Church Site

There's new life inside an iconic church complex in the heart of the village of Endicott, less than three years after the final worship service was held at the site.

Members of the First United Methodist Church voted to sell the McKinley Avenue property. The last service took place in February 2023.

David Dzuba, a town of Union resident, acquired the main church structure and the attached educational building in late 2024.

The complex recently was rechristened as the Endicott - Johnson Watson Cultural Center.

Dzuba said the name acknowledges the historical connection of George F. Johnson and Thomas J. Watson to the church and the village. Johnson founded the Endicott Johnson Shoe Company and Watson established what became the IBM Corporation in Endicott.

The second floor of the former educational building now is filled with a wide array of tenants involved in various creative arts.

Some members of the Fine Arts Society of the Southern Tier are using some of the classrooms in the complex.

Carol Murdie of Apalachin is providing educational opportunities for creative kids in her newly-established space for MindMakers NY.

Plans are gradually moving forward to develop a day care center using several classrooms in the lower level of the building.

Dzuba said he's hoping a coffee shop eventually will be established in what had been the library area of the church.

He said he's working to ensure those who lease space in the growing cultural center are compatible with the long-term vision he has for the complex.

WNBF NEWS VIDEO: A brief tour of the growing Endicott - Johnson Watson Cultural Center on January 29, 2026.

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