Belmont Methodist-Episcopal Church | |
 Belmont Methodist-Episcopal Church in 2014 | |
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| Location | 806 Jamison Ave., SE, Roanoke, Virginia |
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| Coordinates | 37°16′08″N79°55′47″W / 37.26889°N 79.92972°W |
| Area | .238 acres (0.096 ha) |
| Built | 1917-1921 |
| Built by | Clemmer, John L. |
| Architect | Cain, Herbert L., Miller, Homer M. |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 11000551 [1] |
| VLR No. | 128-6271 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 18, 2011 |
| Designated VLR | June 16, 2011 [2] |
Belmont Methodist-Episcopal Church is a historic church building, located in the Belmont neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia. It was built as a Methodist Episcopal church between 1917 and 1921, and is a three-story, brick, late Gothic Revival-style church. It features a tall bell tower, complex roof form, steeply pitched gables and parapets, large pointed arch windows, crenellated corner towers, buttresses, cast-concrete quatrefoils, and other detailing. [3] Capacity within sight and hearing of the pulpit is 1,000, as the original auditorium (seats 440) was enlarged with an adjoining parlor (75), an adult assembly room (260), and a gallery (225). [4]
In a notice from 1917, H. L. Cain is named the architect of the church building, and the cost of the building was initially budgeted at $50,000.00. [5]
The building was sold in 2003 to the Metropolitan Community Church of the Blue Ridge, who used it as their sanctuary; that church has since vacated the building. [6] The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2011. [7] Since 2019, it has also been a contributing structure to the NRHP-listed Belmont Historic District. [8]
