Missouri United Methodist Church

	Missouri United Methodist Church
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	204 S. 9th St., Columbia, Missouri
Coordinates	38°56′57″N 92°19′37″W / 38.94917°N 92.32694°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1925-1930
Architect	Epple, John A.
Architectural style	Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	80002312
Added to NRHP	September 4, 1980

The Missouri United Methodist Church is a United Methodist church in downtown Columbia, Missouri. Its congregation formed the first Methodist Church in Columbia in 1837. The present building on 9th Street built between 1925 and 1930 is constructed out of Indiana Bedford limestone in a Late Gothic Revival style. The Stained Glass windows, including the large History of Methodism window at the rear of the sanctuary, are some of the most detailed in Mid-Missouri.^[2] The sanctuary seats 1,000 people.^[3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1]

Music

The Missouri United Methodist Church has a long music tradition. It has a large Skinner pipe organ (1928, Opus 750) acquired by University of Missouri School of Music Dean James Thomas Quarles. The Church hosts an annual Missouri United Church Concert Series featuring the Columbia Chorale, the 9th Street Philharmonic Orchestra as well as other well-known groups such as Chanticleer and the Vienna Boys Choir.

Bibliography

Stephens, Frank F. (1965). History of the Missouri Methodist Church. Columbia, Missouri: Missouri United Methodist Church. OCLC 1144689380.

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ Priscilla A. Evans (April 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Missouri United Methodist Church" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
^ Missouri United Methodist Church Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Missouri United Methodist Church

The Church and downtown apartments
Church Altar
The Skinner Pipe Organ
The sanctuary and choir loft
Windows inside the bell tower
Panorama of the sanctuary

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[DNR-2] Priscilla A. Evans (April 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Missouri United Methodist Church" (PDF). Missouri Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved 2016-09-01.

[3] Missouri United Methodist Church Archived 2008-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

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