First Methodist Church (Alexandria, Louisiana) Explained

First Methodist Church
Location:630 Jackson St.
Alexandria, Louisiana
Coordinates:31.3103°N -92.4483°W
Built:1907
Architect:Matthews, W.E.
Architecture:Romanesque
Added:June 6, 1980
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:80001751

The First Methodist Church in Alexandria, Louisiana was built in 1907. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

It was deemed notable in part as it is "the city's only monumental example of the Romanesque Revival. Other churches are designed in the Gothic or Classical style. Other buildings have Romanesque features, but these are merely commercial buildings with applied features. Unlike the church they do not have towers, arcades, or the proper Romanesque massing."

It originally served the First Methodist Church of Alexandria; it had served two other congregations and then the Greater New HopeBaptist Church by 1980.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=80001751}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First Methodist Church / Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church ]. National Park Service. Greater New Hope Missionary Baptist Church . 1980 . November 2, 2017. With .