Missouri United Methodist Church - Columbia, Missouri
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BruceS
N 38° 56.962 W 092° 19.649
15S E 558276 N 4311372
Historic Methodist church in Columbia, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WM3KAH
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 04/15/2008
Views: 60
"The Missouri United Methodist Church, built from 1925 to 1930, is in a
neo-gothic revival style. The builder was John A. Epple's Construction Company
of Columbia, Missouri. The architectural plans were provided by the
Architectural Department of the Methodist Board of Church Extension. H.N. Haines
of this Board supervised the construction. The Church's finances dictated the
order of construction. The main floor, which is partially subterranean, was
built in 1925 and completed in 1926. Initially, the church selected a brick
facade, but this was changed to Indiana Bedford limestone when the
superstructure was started in 1928. Until 1928, this main floor, with a
temporary roof, served as the Church....
The Missouri United Methodist Church possesses historical significance in
that its construction represents the first and only instance in Missouri of
joint action by the three annual conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church,
South to build a church.' First conceived in 1911 and finally constructed in
1930, the building reflects both the expansionistic spirit of the Methodist
Church in post World War I society, the financial retrenchment the church
confronted in the depression of the 1930's, and the neo-gothic revival style of
architecture." ~ National Register Nomination Form