Missouri United Methodist Church Explained

Missouri United Methodist Church
Coordinates:38.9492°N -92.3269°W
Built:-1930
Architect:Epple, John A.
Architecture:Late Gothic Revival
Added:September 4, 1980
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:80002312

The Missouri United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church in downtown Columbia, Missouri. Its congregation formed the first Methodist Church in Columbia in 1837. The present building on 9th Street built between 1925 and 1930 is constructed out of Indiana Bedford limestone in a Late Gothic Revival style. The Stained Glass windows, including the large History of Methodism window at the rear of the sanctuary, are some of the most detailed in Mid-Missouri.[1] The sanctuary seats 1,000 people.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Music

The Missouri United Methodist Church has a long music tradition. It has a large Skinner pipe organ (1928, Opus 750) acquired by University of Missouri School of Music Dean James Thomas Quarles. The Church hosts an annual Missouri United Church Concert Series featuring the Columbia Chorale, the 9th Street Philharmonic Orchestra as well as other well-known groups such as Chanticleer and the Vienna Boys Choir.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Missouri United Methodist Church. 2016-09-01. Priscilla A. Evans. April 1980. Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
  2. http://www.moumc.org/aboutus/history.html Missouri United Methodist Church