First Methodist Episcopal Church, South
National Register of Historic Places

First Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida
Listed
August 9, 2015
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
15000509

About this property

The First Methodist Episcopal Church, built in 1924, is a historic red brick Gothic Revival church located at 200 NW 2nd Street in Okeechobee, Florida. In 1989, it was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press. In August 2015, it was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, as the First Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Today it is known as First United Methodist Church. Media related to First United Methodist Church (Okeechobee, Florida) at Wikimedia Commons

Location

200 NW. 2nd St.
Okeechobee, Okeechobee County, Florida
27.24496, -80.83130

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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When was First Methodist Episcopal Church, South listed on the National Register?

First Methodist Episcopal Church, South was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 9, 2015.

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First Methodist Episcopal Church, South is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for First Methodist Episcopal Church, South is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1924.

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