First United Methodist Church (Leesville, Louisiana)
Appearance
Leesville First Methodist Church | |
Location | 202 N. Fifth St., Leesville, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 31°08′40″N 93°15′51″W / 31.144444°N 93.264109°W |
Built | 1920 |
Architectural style | Bungalow/craftsman, Mission/spanish Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 01001491[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 24, 2002 |
The First United Methodist Church is a church in Leesville, Louisiana. Located at 202 N. Fifth Street, the building was built in 1920 in a Bungalow style/Craftsman style, Mission style/Spanish Revival style and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.[1][2]
The building is a T-shaped church which was built in 1920 and expanded in the 1950s. It is a two-story building, with the worship space upstairs and a high brick basement story holding offices and meeting rooms. The front facade of the building has "a pronounced Spanish mission style gable pierced by a curvaceous vent in the Baroque manner."[2]
See also
[edit]- Holly Grove Methodist Church, also NRHP-listed in Vernon Parish
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Vernon Parish, Louisiana
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "First United Methodist Church" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. with four photos and a map Archived December 1, 2017, at the Wayback Machine
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- Methodist churches in Louisiana
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
- Mission Revival architecture in Louisiana
- Churches completed in 1920
- Churches in Vernon Parish, Louisiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Vernon Parish, Louisiana
- 1920 establishments in Louisiana
- American Craftsman architecture in Louisiana
- Leesville, Louisiana
- Global Methodist churches in the United States
- Louisiana Registered Historic Place stubs
- Louisiana church stubs