Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal

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Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal
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Location 800 Howard St., Greenwood, Mississippi
Coordinates 33°30′49″N90°10′52″W / 33.51361°N 90.18111°W / 33.51361; -90.18111 Coordinates: 33°30′49″N90°10′52″W / 33.51361°N 90.18111°W / 33.51361; -90.18111
Area less than one acre
Built 1921
Architect McGeoy,Frank R.
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival
MPS Greenwood MRA
NRHP reference # 85003461 [1]
Added to NRHP November 4, 1985

Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church (Wesley United Methodist Church) is a historic church at 800 Howard Street in Greenwood, Mississippi.

Greenwood, Mississippi City in Mississippi, United States

Greenwood is a city in and the county seat of Leflore County, Mississippi, located at the eastern edge of the Mississippi Delta, approximately 96 miles north of the state capital, Jackson, Mississippi, and 130 miles south of the riverport of Memphis, Tennessee. It was a center of cotton planter culture in the 19th century.

It was built in 1921 and added to the National Register in 1985.

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References

  1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.