National Register of Historic Places

Chappell Hill Methodist Episcopal Church

Chappell Hill, Washington County, Texas
Listed
February 20, 1985
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
85000344

About this property

Chappell Hill Methodist Church is a historic church on Church Street in Chappell Hill, Texas. The current Carpenter Gothic church building was constructed in 1901 Heinrich C. Brandt, but the church congregation and its Wesleyan tradition date back to 1849. In 1849, Chappell Hill's founders, Jacob Haller and Mary Hargrove Haller, dedicated an acre, adjacent to the Chappell Hill Academy, for a church site. Five years earlier the national Methodist Episcopal Church had split into a Northern and Southern conference after being united since the founding of Methodism in America in 1789. The first church building was erected in 1853 and continually served as a house of worship until September 9, 1900, when it was destroyed by the Great Storm of 1900. The present building was constructed in 1901. The two General Conferences, Methodist Episcopal Church (or northern section) and Methodist Episcopal Church, South, remained separate until the 1939 merger of these two denominations plus a third, the Methodist Protestant Church, the resulting church being known as the Methodist Church. On April 23, 1968, the United Methodist Church was created when the Evangelical United Brethren Church and the Methodist Church joined hands at the constituting General Conference in Dallas, Texas. The church continues as an active and growing congregation in the twenty-first century, with a full-time ordained pastor, weekly worship services and faith-based activities almost every day of the week. The church building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Texas Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Washington County

Location

Chappell Hill, Washington County, Texas
30.14359, -96.25258

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When was Chappell Hill Methodist Episcopal Church listed on the National Register?

Chappell Hill Methodist Episcopal Church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 20, 1985.

What type of historic resource is Chappell Hill Methodist Episcopal Church?

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

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The period of significance for Chappell Hill Methodist Episcopal Church is recorded as the industrial era.

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