Gainestown Methodist Church and Cemetery


Gainestown Methodist Church and Cemetery
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Nearest city	Gainestown, Alabama
Coordinates	31°26′31″N 87°41′40″W / 31.44194°N 87.69444°W / 31.44194; -87.69444Coordinates: 31°26′31″N 87°41′40″W / 31.44194°N 87.69444°W / 31.44194; -87.69444
Area	2.1 acres (0.85 ha)
Built	1911
Architectural style	Front gable with steeple
MPS	Clarke County MPS
NRHP Reference #	99000889^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 28, 1999

The Gainestown Methodist Church and Cemetery is a historic United Methodist Church building and its adjacent cemetery in Gainestown, Alabama, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 28, 1999, due to its architectural significance.

History

Gainestown Methodist Church was founded in 1819 by Reverend Joshua Wilson. A two-story church building was constructed in 1854 with the church auditorium on the lower floor and a Masonic lodge meeting room on the upper. That building was severely damaged by a tornado in 1911. It was rebuilt in that same year as a one-story building, using as much salvaged material from the original building as was possible.^[2]

References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
↑ Burrage, Joyce White (1998). Clarke County. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. p. 64. ISBN 978-0-7524-0400-4.

National Register of Historic Places in Clarke County, Alabama

Historic districts	Grove Hill Courthouse Square Historic District Jackson Historic District Thomasville Historic District Whatley Historic District

Other properties	Airmount Grave Shelter Alston–Cobb House Bush House Clarke Mills Stephen Beech Cleveland House John A. Coate House Cobb House Dickinson House Fort Sinquefield Gainestown Methodist Church and Cemetery Gainestown Schoolhouse Doit W. McClellan Lustron House J. P. McKee Lustron House Isaac Nettles Gravestones Jesse Pickens Pugh Farmstead Wilson–Finlay House Woodlands

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Clarke County, Alabama and List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama

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