Alabama Methodist Church
National Register of Historic Places

Alabama Methodist Church

Bernice, Union County, Louisiana
Listed
March 29, 1995
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
95000298

About this property

Alabama Methodist Church is a historic church on Louisiana Highway Alt. 2 a few miles northwest of the small town of Bernice in Union Parish, Louisiana, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995. The church was founded in 1849 by settlers from Shelby County, Alabama who built a log building. The present church was built in 1895, and features a central office tower with an open belfry. As of 1995, the tower leaned a bit to the right as one faces the church. It has five windows on each side, with four-over-four glass, and a small two-over-two window on each side of the first level of the tower. The church had not been in use since the 1960s, when it was preserved by the Bernice Bicentennial Committee in 1976, which led to the creation of the Alabama Methodist Church Corporation, which eventually gave ownership of the church to the Bernice Historical Society in 1994. In 1995, it was deemed notable as a well-preserved and rare example of a simple frame country church in North Louisiana, which was settled by Anglo-Saxon Baptists and Methodists in the 1840s and 1850s.

Location

Bernice, Union County, Louisiana
32.85983, -92.72548

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Sources

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

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When was Alabama Methodist Church listed on the National Register?

Alabama Methodist Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 1995.

What type of historic resource is Alabama Methodist Church?

Alabama Methodist Church is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Alabama Methodist Church?

The period of significance for Alabama Methodist Church is recorded as the civil_war era.

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