Belmont Methodist-Episcopal Church

Belmont Methodist-Episcopal Church is a historic church building, located in the Belmont neighborhood of Roanoke, Virginia. The building currently (2019) belongs to the Metropolitan Community Church of the Blue Ridge, who acquired the building in 2003[3] and use it as their sanctuary.

Belmont Methodist-Episcopal Church
Belmont Methodist-Episcopal Church in 2014
Location806 Jamison Ave., SE, Roanoke, Virginia
Coordinates37°16′08″N 79°55′47″W
Area.238 acres (0.096 ha)
Built1917 (1917)-1921
Built byClemmer, John L.
ArchitectCain, Herbert L., Miller, Homer M.
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.11000551[1]
VLR No.128-6271
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 18, 2011
Designated VLRJune 16, 2011[2]

It was built as a Methodist Episcopal church between 1917 and 1921, and is a three-story, brick, late Gothic Revival-style church. It features a tall bell tower, complex roof form, steeply-pitched gables and parapets, large pointed arch windows, crenellated corner towers, buttresses, cast-concrete quatrefoils, and other detailing.[4] Capacity within sight and hearing of the pulpit is 1,000, as the original auditorium (seats 440) was enlarged with an adjoining parlor (75), an adult assembly room (260), and a gallery (225).[5]

In a notice from 1917, H. L. Cain is named the architect of the church building, and the cost of the building was initially budgeted at $50,000.00.[6]

It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2011.[1]

References
  1. "National Register of Historic Places Listings". Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties. National Park Service. 2011-08-26.
  2. "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
  3. Metropolitan Community Church of the Blue Ridge. "Our Building's History". Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  4. Michael J. Pulice (March 2011). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Belmont Methodist-Episcopal Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying four photo
  5. Church and Sunday School Buildings. by Prince Emmanuel Burroughs. Sunday School Board, Southern Baptist Convention, 1920. Page 169.
  6. Engineering News-Record. May 24, 1917, Volume 78, page 81.


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