Methodist Episcopal Church South (Roseburg, Oregon) Explained

Methodist Episcopal Church South
Coordinates:43.2066°N -123.3448°W
Built:1922
Architecture:20th Century Gothic
Added:June 6, 1985
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:85001179

Methodist Episcopal Church South is a historic former church in Roseburg, Oregon. It was completed in 1922 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

It is a stuccoed, cast concrete building. Its interior features stained glass windows by the Povey Brothers, three of them large, some of them damaged in 1959. In 1959, "a chemical truck explosion leveled eight blocks of the city and extensively damaged many buildings in the city." Only one of the large windows was in its original condition, as of 1974.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85001179}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Methodist Episcopal Church South ]. National Park Service. Marianne Kadas . November 29, 1984 . May 17, 2018. With