Old Bethel Methodist Church (Arkansas)
Old Bethel Methodist Church | |
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  Old Bethel Methodist Church Location in Arkansas  Old Bethel Methodist Church Location in United States | |
| Nearest city | Paragould, Arkansas |
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| Coordinates | 36°0′46″N 90°39′30″W / 36.01278°N 90.65833°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built by | George Russell |
| NRHP reference No. | 78000590[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 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
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ http://www.arkansaspreservation.com/National-Register-Listings/PDF/GE0015.nr.pdf
- ^ "NRHP nomination for Old Bethel Methodist Church" (PDF). Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-12-22.
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