Methodist Episcopal Church (Greenwich, Connecticut)

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Methodist Episcopal Church
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Location 61 E. Putnam Ave., Greenwich, Connecticut
Coordinates 41°1′58″N73°37′35″W / 41.03278°N 73.62639°W / 41.03278; -73.62639 Coordinates: 41°1′58″N73°37′35″W / 41.03278°N 73.62639°W / 41.03278; -73.62639
Area 0.8 acres (0.32 ha)
Built 1868
Built by Ferris & McClure
Architectural style Italianate, Gothic Revival, Carpenter Gothic
NRHP reference # 88001343 [1]
Added to NRHP August 25, 1988

The Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church and parsonage at 61 East Putnam Avenue (United States Route 1) in Greenwich, Connecticut. The church building is a single-story Carpenter Gothic structure, built in 1868-69 for a Methodist congregation established in 1805. The adjacent parsonage, now a community center, is a vernacular Italianate house built in 1872, and has a large modern two-story brick addition at the rear. The church was designed to resemble an English Gothic country church, but now occupies a site surrounded by commercial development. [2]

Greenwich, Connecticut Town in Connecticut, United States

Greenwich is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 61,171. It is the 10th largest municipality in Connecticut.

The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1]

National Register of Historic Places federal list of historic sites in the United States

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance. A property listed in the National Register, or located within a National Register Historic District, may qualify for tax incentives derived from the total value of expenses incurred preserving the property.

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This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Greenwich, Connecticut.

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