First United Methodist Church

202 N. Fifth St., Leesville, Louisiana. County/parish: Vernon.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places January 24, 2002. NRIS 01001491.

1 contributing building.

From Wikipedia:

First United Methodist Church (Leesville, Louisiana)

The First United Methodist Church is a church in Leesville, Louisiana. Located at 202 N. Fifth Street, the building was built in 1920 in a Bungalow style/Craftsman style, Mission style/Spanish Revival style and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

The building is a T-shaped church which was built in 1920 and expanded in the 1950s. It is a two-story building, with the worship space upstairs and a high brick basement story holding offices and meeting rooms. The front facade of the building has "a pronounced Spanish mission style gable pierced by a curvaceous vent in the Baroque manner."

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73975111

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