Selma Methodist Church

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Selma Methodist Church
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Selma Methodist Church is located in Arkansas
Selma Methodist Church
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LocationN of AR 4 in town of Selma, Selma, Arkansas
Coordinates33°41′52″N 91°34′11″W / 33.69778°N 91.56972°W / 33.69778; -91.56972Coordinates: 33°41′52″N 91°34′11″W / 33.69778°N 91.56972°W / 33.69778; -91.56972
Arealess than one acre
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.72000202[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 22, 1972

The Selma Methodist Church is a historic church located north of AR 4 in the town of Selma, Arkansas. The wood-frame church was built c. 1874, and is a well preserved rural Gothic Revival structure. Its main facade has narrow Gothic windows with pointed arches flanking the center entry, which is topped by a similarly pointed transom. The side walls have five windows each, matching those on the main facade. The apse is located in a half-octagon bay on the north side, whose two windows are also like the others, only shorter. The main entrance is topped by a small octagonal bell chamber mounted on a square base; there is no steeple.[2]

The building was originally built for a Baptist congregation, which shared the building with the local Methodists after the latter's church was destroyed by fire. The Methodists acquired the building in 1885.[2]

It was built in a Gothic Revial style and was added to the National Register in 1972.

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  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "NRHP nomination for Selma Methodist Church". Arkansas Preservation. Retrieved 2014-02-21.


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