Old Bethel Methodist Church (Arkansas)

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Old Bethel Methodist Church
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Old Bethel Methodist Church
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Old Bethel Methodist Church
Location in United States
Nearest city Paragould, Arkansas
Coordinates 36°0′46″N90°39′30″W / 36.01278°N 90.65833°W / 36.01278; -90.65833
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built byGeorge Russell
NRHP reference No. 78000590 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 19, 1978

The Old Bethel Methodist Church, also known as the Old Bethel School, Church, & Cemetery,[ citation needed ] is a historic Methodist church, school and cemetery in rural Greene County, Arkansas. It is located on Highway 358,& Greene 712 Road in Paragould, Arkansas. It is a modest single-story wood-frame structure, built in 1901, and standing next to a cemetery established in 1882. The original Bethel Methodist Church was constructed in 1880, a small, onestory, white frame church. In 1900, a storm destroyed this building and in 1901 an almost identical building replaced the original structure. George Russell, a local carpenter, built the building using native materials of cypress and pine. It measures 20 feet by 40 feet and has a high pitched roof covered by tin. Exterior walls are covered with six inch beveled pine siding, while interior walls and ceiling are beaded pine wall board. Adjacent to it is a cemetery that dates to 1886. [2] The first person buried here was Moss Widner in 1882. The building served the small community of Finch as not just a church, but also as a school, and was vacated in 1941. It was restored in the 1970s by a group of local concerned citizens, and is occasionally used for services. [3]

The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. https://www.arkansasheritage.com/docs/default-source/national-registry/GE0015-pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  3. "NRHP nomination for Old Bethel Methodist Church". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-12-22.