First United Methodist Church (Lafayette, Louisiana)

	First United Methodist Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	703 Lee Avenue, Lafayette, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°13′21″N 92°01′02″W / 30.22252°N 92.01721°W
Area	0.75 acres (0.30 ha)
Built	1924
Built by	Knapp and East
Architect	J.A. Baylor
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	84001307
Added to NRHP	June 21, 1984

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."^[2]^[3]

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 21, 1984.^[1]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ "First United Methodist Church" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1984. Retrieved May 9, 2017. with two photos and a map Archived July 3, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
^ National Register Staff (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: First United Methodist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved July 3, 2018. With seven photos from 1984.

This article about a property in Louisiana on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

This article about a church or other Christian place of worship in Louisiana is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[ladoc-2] "First United Methodist Church" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1984. Retrieved May 9, 2017. with two photos and a map Archived July 3, 2018, at the Wayback Machine

[nrhpdoc-3] National Register Staff (March 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: First United Methodist Church". National Park Service. Retrieved July 3, 2018. With seven photos from 1984.

[1]

[2]

[3]

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
Lists by parish	Acadia Allen Ascension Assumption Avoyelles Beauregard Bienville Bossier Caddo Calcasieu Caldwell Cameron Catahoula Claiborne Concordia DeSoto East Baton Rouge East Carroll East Feliciana Evangeline Franklin Grant Iberia Iberville Jackson Jefferson Jefferson Davis La Salle Lafayette Lafourche Lincoln Livingston Madison Morehouse Natchitoches Orleans Ouachita Plaquemines Pointe Coupee Rapides Red River Richland Sabine St. Bernard St. Charles St. Helena St. James St. John the Baptist St. Landry St. Martin St. Mary St. Tammany Tangipahoa Tensas Terrebonne Union Vermilion Vernon Washington Webster West Baton Rouge West Carroll West Feliciana Winn
Other lists	National Historic Landmarks Bridges and Tunnels
Keeper of the Register History of the National Register of Historic Places Property types Historic district Contributing property

v t e Municipalities and communities of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States
Parish seat: Lafayette
Cities	Broussard‡ Carencro Lafayette Scott Youngsville
Town	Duson‡
CDPs	Milton Ossun
Other unincorporated communities	Billeaud Capitan Elks Gloria Judice Larabee Long Bridge Mouton Pilette Pont Des Mouton Ridge River Ranch Sadou Stekey Vatican Walroy
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent parish or parishes
Louisiana portal United States portal

See also[edit]

References[edit]