Salem Methodist Episcopal Church (Clinton, Indiana)

Last updated
Salem Methodist Episcopal Church
Salem Methodist Church north of Clinton.jpg
Locator map of Vermillion County, Indiana.svg
Red pog.svg
USA Indiana location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Usa edcp location map.svg
Red pog.svg
Nearest cityNorth of Clinton on State Road 63, Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana
Coordinates 39°43′55″N87°23′58″W / 39.73194°N 87.39944°W / 39.73194; -87.39944 Coordinates: 39°43′55″N87°23′58″W / 39.73194°N 87.39944°W / 39.73194; -87.39944
Arealess than one acre
Built1878 (1878)
Architectural styleGothic
NRHP reference No. 79000022 [1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 22, 1979

Salem Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Salem United Methodist Church, is a historic United Methodist church in Helt Township, Vermillion County, Indiana. The church was built in 1878 to house Vermillion County's first Methodist congregation, which was established in the 1820s. The brick church was designed in the Gothic Revival style. The front of the church features a brick tower topped with a truncated roof and a bell tower. The church's windows and front entrance have a pointed arch design. [2]

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on February 22, 1979. [1]

Related Research Articles

First United Methodist Church of Umatilla United States historic place

The First United Methodist Church of Umatilla is an historic Methodist church in Umatilla, Florida, in the United States. It is located at 100 West Guerrant Street. On January 27, 2000, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.

Mount Zion AME Church (Jacksonville, Florida) United States historic place

The Mount Zion AME Church is a historic church in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. It is located at 201 East Beaver Street. On December 30, 1992, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The "AME" is an abbreviation of African Methodist Episcopal, the religious denomination.

Hastings Methodist Episcopal Church United States historic place

Hastings Methodist Episcopal Church is a church building located at 719 Vermillion Street in downtown Hastings, Minnesota, United States, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is significant for its Gothic Revival, Greek Revival, and Italianate architecture. The building exterior is clapboard with a characteristic tower including abat-sons and emphatic eaves supported by corbels. It is the oldest church building in Hastings, originally built in 1862 on 5th Street, it was moved to its present location in 1871; at that time the tower was added. The building is currently used by the Life Tabernacle Pentecostal Church.

Salem First United Methodist Church United States historic place

Salem First United Methodist Church is a Methodist congregation and historic church in Salem, Oregon, United States. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places under its original name, First Methodist Episcopal Church of Salem, in 1983. First United is the oldest Methodist church west of the Rocky Mountains, and is a designated United Methodist Heritage Landmark. It is one of Oregon's few high-style Gothic Revival churches outside of Portland, and has one of the rare tall spires left standing in the state.

First Methodist Church (Monroe, Wisconsin) United States historic place

The First Methodist Church in Monroe, Green County, Wisconsin, now the Monroe Arts Center, is a Gothic Revival edifice designed by the former Wisconsin State Architect E. Townsend Mix of Milwaukee and constructed of Cream City brick. It was commissioned in 1869 by the First Methodist Episcopal congregation of Monroe to replace an earlier church building that dated to 1843. The adjacent parsonage was completed in 1886, and the complete ensemble was finally dedicated in 1887.

Grace United Methodist Church (Keene, New Hampshire) United States historic place

Grace United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist Church building at 34 Court Street in Keene, New Hampshire. Built in 1869, it was designed by architect Shepard S. Woodcock, and is one of the largest churches in southwestern New Hampshire. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. Its congregation moved in 2009 and was disbanded in 2016, and the building is undergoing renovation for use as professional offices.

Wall Street Methodist Episcopal Church United States historic place

Wall Street Methodist Episcopal Church, now the home of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at 69 Wall Street in Auburn, New York, United States. It is a large Gothic Revival style brick and limestone structure built in 1788, and renovated in the 1887. The facade is dominated by a square tower topped by a broach spire. It is an example of an auditorium plan church, popular in church design from the 1880s to 1920s.

Methodist-Episcopal Church of Norwich United States historic place

Methodist-Episcopal Church of Norwich is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at 74 N. Broad Street in Norwich, Chenango County, New York. It was designed by architect Isaac G. Perry and built 1873–1875. It is a large, two story brick structure, generally rectangular in shape with a cross gabled transept. The front facade features two engaged towers with a large, central round arched entrance. The north tower is surmounted by a 115-foot octagonal spire. The south tower includes a belfry and 190 foot spire.

Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church (Palestine, Texas) United States historic place

Mount Vernon African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church at 913 East Calhoun Street in Palestine, Texas. It is the third oldest AME church in Texas. The church was organized by freedmen in the early 1870s. The congregation originally worshiped at a church that it shared with Missionary Baptist Church. In 1878 the church bought 2.2 acres at its present location and constructed a wood frame structure in 1885. In 1921 the structure was razed and a new church designed in a Gothic vernacular style was built. The church's two front bell towers are typical of the AME faith-based churches of the 1920s. Mount Vernon was the first church to introduce Palestine to integrated low-income apartment housing. In 1968 a 100-unit apartment housing project was erected at 2020 Sterne Avenue. In 1986 the church was designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark.

Church of Our Saviour (Mechanicsburg, Ohio) United States historic place

The Church of Our Saviour is a historic Episcopal parish in the village of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, United States. Founded in the 1890s, it is one of the youngest congregations in the village, but its Gothic Revival-style church building that was constructed soon after the parish's creation has been named a historic site.

Mechanicsburg Baptist Church United States historic place

The Mechanicsburg Baptist Church is a historic church in the village of Mechanicsburg, Ohio, United States. Constructed for a Methodist congregation in the late nineteenth century, the building was taken over by Baptists after the original occupants vacated it, and it has been named a historic site.

Goler Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church United States historic place

Goler Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, also known as Old Goler, is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion church located at 630 Patterson Avenue in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was built in 1918–1919, and is a rectangular brick building in the Late Gothic Revival style. It features a gable-front block flanked by two square brick towers and stained glass windows. A two-story annex was built in 1946. In 1942, the Goler Metropolitan AME Zion Church congregation split from the Goler Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.

Goler Metropolitan AME Zion Church United States historic place

Goler Metropolitan AME Zion Church, originally known as East Fourth Street Baptist Church, is a historic African Methodist Episcopal Zion church located at 1435 E. Fourth Street in Winston-Salem, Forsyth County, North Carolina. It was built in 1924, and is a front-gabled brick church with two prominent domed towers and flanking one-story hipped-roof wings in the Classical Revival style. The front facade features a prominent pedimented porch supported by stuccoed Doric order columns and Ionic order pilasters. The interior is based on the Akron Plan. The building was acquired by an African-American congregation split from the Goler Memorial African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in 1942. The congregation changed their name to Goler Metropolitan A.M.E. Zion Church in 1953.

Corinne Methodist Episcopal Church United States historic place

Corinne Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church at the corner of Colorado and S. 600 Streets in Corinne, Utah. It was one of the first churches in Corrinne, a town established by non-Mormons in the overwhelmingly Mormon Utah Territory, and is therefore one of the first Methodist churches in Utah. The church was completed in 1870, and was part of efforts by main-line Protestants to convert Mormons.

First United Methodist Church of Glendale United States historic place

The First United Methodist Church of Glendale, formerly known as the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Glendale in historical documents, is located at 7102 N. 58th Dr. in downtown Glendale, Arizona, and was built during 1928–29. Its sanctuary, with its linked administration wing, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006 for its architecture.

Hilliard United Methodist Church United States historic place

The Hilliard United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church in central Hilliard, Ohio, United States. The oldest religious structure in the community, it has been named a historic site.

Chilhowie Methodist Episcopal Church United States historic place

Chilhowie Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as Chilhowie United Methodist Church, is a historic Methodist Episcopal church located at Chilhowie, Smyth County, Virginia. It was built in 1893–1894, and is a cruciform plan, golden brown brick, Late Gothic Revival-style church. It has a gable roof and a central front projecting bell tower. The church features lancet windows, a stained glass rose window, and a vaulted ceiling.

Trinity United Methodist Church (Athens, Tennessee) United States historic place

Trinity United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church in Athens, McMinn County, Tennessee.

Arlington United Methodist Church United States historic place

The Arlington United Methodist Church is the only Methodist church in Arlington, Georgia. The church congregation was founded in 1873 and met in a small schoolhouse, then built a white wooden church in 1876. The present church was built in 1908 and was known as Arlington Methodist Episcopal Church, South. It is Romanesque Revival in style and was designed by architect T. Firth Lockwood, Sr. It is built of red brick and has two towers of different heights.

First Methodist Episcopal Church (Washington, New Jersey) United States historic place

First Methodist Episcopal Church, also known as United Methodist Church, is a historic church at 116 East Washington Avenue in Washington, Warren County, New Jersey. It was built from 1895 to 1898 with a Richardsonian Romanesque architectural style. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in architecture on July 17, 2017. The parsonage, built 1892, is also included in the listing.

References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Crum Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Larry (July 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Salem Methodist Episcopal Church" (PDF). National Park Service . Retrieved May 27, 2013.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)