Dunlap Methodist Episcopal Church Explained

Dunlap Methodist Episcopal Church
Nearest City:Platte, South Dakota
Coordinates:43.5575°N -98.8331°W
Built:1902
Architecture:Late Gothic Revival
Added:June 14, 2001
Area:2acres
Refnum:01000666

Dunlap Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church in Brule County, South Dakota, located 12 miles north of Platte, South Dakota. It was built in 1902 and was added to the National Register in 2001.

It is a wood-frame church on a stone foundation.

The Dunlap cemetery, deemed contributing, was established at approximately the same time as the church. It includes gravestones dating from 1893 to 2001.

The church was deemed notable "as a well-preserved example of simplified vernacular gothic architectural style and represents the first generation church construction in the eastern portion of the state."[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=01000666}} National Register of Historic Places Registration: Dunlap Methodist Episcopal Church /Dunlap Methodist Church and Cemetery / Dunlap Church and Cemetery ]. National Park Service. Dwight Knutson . February 12, 2001 . January 13, 2018. With .