Austin Methodist Church Explained

Austin Methodist Church
Coordinates:39.4922°N -117.0683°W
Built:1866
Architect:Bell, Daniel P.; McGinnis & Cronin
Added:August 14, 2003
Area:0.1acres
Refnum:03000751

Austin Methodist Church is a historic church at 135 Court Street in Austin, Nevada. The Italianate church building was constructed in 1866 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.

It was dedicated on September 23, 1866, at which time a newspaper asserted this was "'the inauguration of the first edifice dedicated to Christianworship in the American desert.'"[1]

References

  1. http://austinnv.blogspot.com/2008/10/methodist-church-in-austin-was-built.html

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=03000751}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Austin Methodist Church ]. National Park Service. J. Daniel Pezzoni . June 1, 2003 . November 12, 2019. With