The First United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located at 703 Lee Avenue in Lafayette, Louisiana.
First United Methodist Church | |
Location | 703 Lee Avenue, Lafayette, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 30°13′21″N 92°01′02″W / 30.22252°N 92.01721°W |
Area | 0.75 acres (0.30 ha) |
Built | 1924 |
Built by | Knapp and East |
Architect | J.A. Baylor |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 84001307[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 21, 1984 |
Built in 1924, it is a three-story building in Classical Revival style, with a five-bay front facade and a pedimented portico with four Ionic columns. It was designed by architect J.A. Baylor and built by contractor Knapp & East. According to its NRHP nomination it is one of only three buildings in Lafayette Parish known to have a monumental portico; of those it is "the only one with ornamental fenestration surrounds. It is therefore one of the parish's most pretentious and most high style period buildings."[2][3]
The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1984.[1]
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edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "First United Methodist Church" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1984. Retrieved May 9, 2017. with two photos and a map Archived July 3, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ National Register Staff (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: First United Methodist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved July 3, 2018. With seven photos from 1984.
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