Bethlehem Methodist Church

Historic church in Tennessee, United States

United States historic place


Bethlehem Methodist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places


35°47′17″N 83°48′43″W / 35.78806°N 83.81194°W / 35.78806; -83.81194
Area	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built	1886
Architectural style	Gothic Revival
MPS	Blount County MPS
NRHP reference No.	89000867^[1]
Added to NRHP	July 25, 1989

Bethlehem Methodist Church is a historic church in Wildwood, Tennessee.

The church was organized in 1886 and its Gothic Revival building was completed that same year.^[2] The church building has a gable front and a prominent bell tower. The doorway and windows are crowned by Gothic arches, elements of the Gothic Revival style that was popular for late 19th-century churches in the region.^[3]

The congregation was dissolved in 1966, but the church is still used sometimes for weddings, funerals, and other special occasions.^[2] The church and its adjacent cemetery were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Albert, Linda Braden; Cornett, B. Kenneth (2010). Blount County. Arcadia Publishing. p. 21. ISBN 9780738585710.
^ Thomason, Philip (June 16, 1989). "National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: The Historic and Architectural Resources of Blount County, Tennessee". National Park Service.