National Register Record for FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

Historic Name: FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
Current Name: SAME
Address: 202 E. OKLAHOMA
City: WALTERS            County: COTTON
Section: None           Township: None           Range: None          
Description of significance: CAPPED WITH A DOME, THIS 1917 BRICK CHURCH HAS ELEMENTS OF THE ROAMESQUE REVIVAL STYLE. THE BASIC FORM OF THE CHUCH IS A BASILLICA AND THE DECORATIVE ELEMENTS ARE ROAMN CLASSICAL. NOTABLE ARE THE ROUND ARCH WINDOWS AND THE PEDIMENTED GABLES. LISTED IN NATIONAL REGISTER 9/15/83.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE
Current Function: RELIGIOUS STRUCTURE
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: None
Architectural Style: ROMANESQUE REVIVAL
Architect: UNKNOWN
Year Built: 1917            Original Site: YES
Condition: EXCELLENT
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: A HISTORY OF THE FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1977.
Date Prepared: 1983