Methodist Episcopal Church (Bozeman, Montana)
Methodist Episcopal Church | |
![]() Photo shows historic steeple behind disappointing 1950s red brickwork which subtracts from the historic noteworthiness of the site overall | |
Location | 121 S. Willson, Bozeman, Montana |
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Coordinates | 45°40′41″N 111°02′19″W / 45.67806°N 111.03861°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1873 |
Architectural style | Gothic Revival |
MPS | Bozeman MRA |
NRHP reference No. | 87001839[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 23, 1987 |
The Methodist Episcopal Church, at 121 S. Willson in Bozeman, Montana, was built in 1873. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.[1]
Its original Gothic Revival section was started in 1883 during a brief 1882-83 period of prosperity of Bozeman, and was completed in 1884, making it the oldest existing Methodist Church in the state of Montana.[2]
The church was organized by A.M. Hough of Virginia City, Montana in 1866. Before that there had been a Sunday school in a log house on Bozeman's Main Street in 1865. The church then built, in 1866, was the first frame building in town, and was 24 by 36 feet (7.3 m × 11.0 m) in plan, and had a sawdust floor. In 1869 it acquired the first bell in town.[2]
Bricks were manufactured by W.H. Tracy. There was a freestanding bell tower behind the church. In 1905 a three-story square belltower with a pyramidal roof surmounted by a decorative finial was added. In 1905-06 a two-story flat-roofed addition was added. A further addition of a one-story flat-roofed brick section for offices was added much later, probably during remodelling in the 1950s, which also covered the original brick building with stucco.[2]
Presumably it belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church denomination.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b c James R. McDonald; Matthew Cohen; Patricia Bick (1987). "Montana Historical/Architectural Inventory: Methodist Episcopal Church". National Park Service. Retrieved August 29, 2019. With accompanying photo from 1987
External links
[edit] Media related to Bozeman United Methodist Church at Wikimedia Commons
- National Register of Historic Places in Gallatin County, Montana
- Gothic Revival church buildings in Montana
- Churches completed in 1873
- Methodist churches in Montana
- Buildings and structures in Bozeman, Montana
- 1873 establishments in Montana Territory
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Montana
- Montana Registered Historic Place stubs