National Register of Historic Places

Dancyville United Methodist Church and Cemetery

Dancyville, Haywood County, Tennessee
Listed
March 13, 1991
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
91000224

About this property

Dancyville United Methodist Church is a historic church in the Dancyville community in Haywood County, Tennessee. The church and its cemetery were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. The church survived as the oldest United Methodist Church in West Tennessee until its closure by the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Annual Conference in May 2023. The church property was deeded to the Methodist Church on April 1, 1835. Two years later, in 1837, the congregation was organized and a log church building was built on the property. The current building was completed in 1850, replacing the log church. It is a wood frame building in a Greek Revival design, built from trees growing on the church grounds; the lumber was hewn and sawed by hand. In the early 1950's basement was built to house a modern kitchen, bathrooms, an assembly room, and Sunday school rooms. The adjoining cemetery dates to 1830. It is one of only a few extant antebellum churches in rural west Tennessee.

Location

Dancyville, Haywood County, Tennessee
35.40528, -89.29542

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

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

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When was Dancyville United Methodist Church and Cemetery listed on the National Register?

Dancyville United Methodist Church and Cemetery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 1991.

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Dancyville United Methodist Church and Cemetery is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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