Oakey Streak Methodist Episcopal Church
National Register of Historic Places

Oakey Streak Methodist Episcopal Church

Greenville, Butler County, Alabama
Listed
January 4, 1980
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
80000680

About this property

Oakey Streak Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic church in Butler County, Alabama, United States. The congregation was organized in 1831, and the land where the current church sits was given to the church in 1851. A log building was erected soon after, replaced by the current frame structure around the 1880s. The church was expanded and a bell tower was added in 1903. Along with the adjacent Masonic Lodge, which was demolished in the 1940s, the church was the social center of the area. The church is built in Gothic Revival style, common among rural churches, and especially Methodist churches, in the South. The sanctuary is 32 feet wide by 48 feet long (9.8 by 14.6 m), with a front-facing gable roof and a box cornice with returns. The pyramidal roofed bell tower has a narrow one-over-one sash windows on each side, and a double entry door, covered by a simple pedimented overhang. An arched transom sits above the entryway. The tower is flanked by two Gothic lancet windows. Each side of the sanctuary has four equally-spaced two-over-two sashes. The church was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.

Location

Greenville, Butler County, Alabama
31.55228, -86.53681

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When was Oakey Streak Methodist Episcopal Church listed on the National Register?

Oakey Streak Methodist Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 4, 1980.

What type of historic resource is Oakey Streak Methodist Episcopal Church?

Oakey Streak Methodist Episcopal Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Oakey Streak Methodist Episcopal Church is recorded as the early_republic era, specifically around 1831.

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