First United Methodist Church | |
Location: | 703 Lee Avenue, Lafayette, Louisiana |
Coordinates: | 30.2225°N -92.0172°W |
Built: | 1924 |
Architect: | J.A. Baylor |
Builder: | Knapp and East |
Architecture: | Classical Revival |
Added: | June 21, 1984 |
Refnum: | 84001307 |
The First United Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church located at 703 Lee Avenue in Lafayette, Louisiana.
Built in 1924, it is a three-story building in Classical Revival style, with a five-bay front facade and a pedimented portico with four Ionic columns. It was designed by architect J.A. Baylor and built by contractor Knapp & East. According to its NRHP nomination it is one of only three buildings in Lafayette Parish known to have a monumental portico; of those it is "the only one with ornamental fenestration surrounds. It is therefore one of the parish's most pretentious and most high style period buildings."[1] [2]
The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1984.