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]
First United Methodist Church | |
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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 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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