Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Franklin, Indiana)

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Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
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Location499 W. Madison St., Franklin, Indiana
Coordinates 39°28′53″N86°03′41″W / 39.48139°N 86.06139°W / 39.48139; -86.06139
AreaLess than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
ArchitectMcGuire & Shook
Architectural styleItalian Renaissance
NRHP reference No. 15000886 [1]
Added to NRHPDecember 15, 2015

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church and parsonage located at Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana. The church was built in 1911, and is a one-story, front-gable frame building with a medium-pitched gable on hip roof. It features a simple two-story square tower topped by a square cupola and a large projecting semi-hexagonal apse. The associated parsonage was built about 1925. [2] :5

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties: 12/14/15 through 12/18/15. National Park Service. 2015-12-24.
  2. "Indiana State Historic Architectural and Archaeological Research Database (SHAARD)" (Searchable database). Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology. Retrieved 2016-05-01.Note: This includes Cortney Spear; Rebecca Smith & Raina Regan (January 2014). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-05-01. and Accompanying photographs.