Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Chapel and Cemetery

The Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Chapel and Cemetery is a historic church located northwest of Golden, Adams County, Illinois. The church was built in 1858-59 for the local Methodist Episcopal congregation. The church has a vernacular Greek Revival design; while the style was common in Illinois before the Civil War, the church is now the only one of its type in the county. The church is a white sided building on a limestone foundation; it is topped by a gable roof with a simple entablature at either end. The church's cemetery, located to the west of the building, has had burials since 1857 and contains both members and non-members of the church.[2]

Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Chapel and Cemetery
LocationNW of Golden, Golden, Illinois
Coordinates40°9′31″N 91°6′9″W
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1858
NRHP reference No.84000921[1]
Added to NRHPJune 4, 1984

The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 4, 1984. It is one of two sites on the National Register in Golden, the other being the Exchange Bank.

Interior of the chapel

Notes
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Willard, John; Ward, Michael (January 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Ebenezer Methodist Episcopal Chapel and Cemetery" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved July 28, 2015.

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