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Church Street United Methodist Church (Knoxville, Tennessee)

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73: 98: 271:. Planning to replace that church building began in 1921 when the congregation recognized a need for a larger facility to accommodate its growth, but little progress had been made as of February 1928, when a fire destroyed the building on Church Street. The congregation then acquired the Henley Street site to construct a new, larger church building. In the move to Henley Street, the church retained its old name of Church Street Methodist Episcopal Church, South. (In 1939, it became Church Street Methodist Church.) 105: 80: 59: 267:
for use as a hospital during the American Civil War. Around 1870, the congregation relocated to a brick building one block east of its former location on Church Street, and in 1879 it moved into its new Victorian Gothic church building erected on its former 410 Church Street location. Some say this building was designed by Knoxville architect
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The congregation made additions behind the original building in 1964, when a new education building was built, and in 1986–1989, when the Church Life Building was built. The additions used the same exterior building materials as the 1930 building, have minimal attachment to the original building, and
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The Church Street Methodist congregation formed in 1816. Initially, it met in a house on Hill Avenue in downtown Knoxville. In 1836 the congregation moved into a new building on Church Street between Walnut and Market Streets, where it met until 1863 when the building was confiscated by Union troops
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roof. A prominent feature of the building is a large entrance tower. The original sanctuary and church school wing are arranged around a central courtyard, which is accessed through a series of pointed arch entranceways. The sanctuary features
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Church Street Methodists, Children of Francis Asbury; A History of Church Street Methodist Church, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1816-1947
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Although the legal address of the church is 913 Henley Street, the church publishes its address as "900 Henley at Main."
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The congregation decided to retain the Gothic Revival architectural style for its new building. Architect
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Isenhour, Judith Clayton. Knoxville - A Pictorial History. (Donning, 1978, 1980.), pp. 47, 121.
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The Future of Knoxville's Past: Historic and Architectural Resources in Knoxville, Tennessee
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of New York City was hired to design the new facility, in cooperation with local architect
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On Labor Day 1940, with his campaign for a third term beginning, President
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National Register of Historic Places in Knoxville, Tennessee
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are considered "sympathetic" to the original design.
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Church Street Methodist Church (Knoxville, Tennessee)
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Church Street Methodist Church (Knoxville, Tennessee)
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Church Street United Methodist Church (Knoxville, Tennessee) is located in Tennessee
Church Street United Methodist Church (Knoxville, Tennessee) is located in the United States
Knoxville, Tennessee
35°57′40″N 83°55′14″W / 35.96111°N 83.92056°W / 35.96111; -83.92056
MPS
Knoxville and Knox County MPS
09000115
United Methodist church
Knoxville, Tennessee
National Register of Historic Places
Alexander Campbell Bruce
John Russell Pope
Charles I. Barber
Barber & McMurry
Yale University
Larchmont
New Rochelle, New York
Columbus, Ohio
Crab Orchard
sandstone
slate
stained glass
Charles J. Connick
Boston
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
St. John's Cathedral

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