Webster Methodist Church

Webster Methodist Church is an historic Methodist church located on NC 116 / Main St., at Webster, Jackson County, North Carolina. It was built in 1887, and is a one-story, three bay, rectangular Vernacular Gothic Revival style frame church. It is sheathed in weatherboard, has a front gable roof, and engaged bell tower.[2]

Webster Methodist Church
Webster Methodist Church, January 2019
LocationNC 116/Webster Rd., Webster, North Carolina
Coordinates35°20′38″N 83°13′22″W
Area0.5 acres (0.20 ha)
Built1887 (1887)
Architectural styleGothic Revival, Vernacular Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.89002130[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 21, 1989

In 1989 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places.[3] Congressman David McKee Hall is buried in the church cemetery.[4]

Current use

The building was built as the Methodist Church building of the town of Webster, North Carolina in 1887, and still serves as a church. It was renovated in 1960 and 2000. It sits on the old Main Street of Webster next to the Webster Rock School, on the hill on which the downtown area of Webster was once located. It was built when Webster was a thriving town with a Courthouse, many businesses, homes, and people. Today Webster is a quiet residential area with two churches, a cemetery, older Victorian homes, 1920s-1950s homes, newer homes, and an old rock WPA Schoolhouse. The current congregation meets on Sundays at 9:30 a.m.[5]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Carolyn A. Humphries (December 1988). "Webster Methodist Church" (pdf). National Register of Historic Places - Nomination and Inventory. North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 2015-01-01.
  3. The History of Jackson County Sesquicentennial Edition
  4. "HALL, David McKee - Biographical Information". bioguide.congress.gov. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
  5. "Town of Webster website". Retrieved 19 June 2017.


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