First Methodist Episcopal Church (Pueblo, Colorado)

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First Methodist Episcopal Church
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Location400 Broadway St., Pueblo, Colorado
Coordinates 38°15′19″N104°37′23″W / 38.25528°N 104.62306°W / 38.25528; -104.62306
Arealess than one acre
Built1902
Architect George W. Roe
Architectural styleRomanesque
NRHP reference No. 79000620 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 14, 1979

The old First Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as First Methodist Episcopal Church, South, is a historic redbrick Southern Methodist church building located at 400 Broadway in Pueblo, Colorado. Designed by George W. Roe in the Romanesque Revival style of architecture, it was built in 1902. In 1939 it became the Trinity Methodist Church. Bought by the George F McCarthy Funeral Home in 1954, it is now the George McCarthy Historic Chapel and is used for funeral services. [2] [3] [4]

On November 14, 1979, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places [1]

It is a one-and-a-half-story stretcher bond brick building.

The church was organized in 1871 and had its first building, the Corona Chapel, built in 1877 at what is now 217 Midway. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. George McCarthy Historic Chapel
  3. "Colorado Historical Society listings for Pueblo County". Archived from the original on August 28, 2008. Retrieved September 13, 2008.
  4. National Register of Historic Places listings for Pueblo County Archived 2008-05-12 at the Wayback Machine
  5. James Munch; Albert W. Scarffe (December 12, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First Methodist Episcopal Church / First Methodist Episcopal Church, South / Trinity Methodist Church". National Park Service . Retrieved September 16, 2018. With accompanying two photos from 1975