Mount Sterling Methodist Church
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Mount Sterling Methodist Church is a historic Methodist
church building near the junction of Choctaw County
Road 43 and Choctaw County Road 27 in the rural community of Mount Sterling
, Alabama
.
The church was completed in a simple Greek Revival
-style in 1859, when the community was a prosperous antebellum town. The one-story frame building was used for church services up until the 1970s, when the congregation could no longer afford to maintain it. The property was then donated to the Choctaw County Historical Society. The historical society
, at the time having only just under 50 members, spent more than 15 years raising money and restoring the structure for use as a community hall
. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
on May 8, 1986.
Methodism
Methodism is a movement of Protestant Christianity represented by a number of denominations and organizations, claiming a total of approximately seventy million adherents worldwide. The movement traces its roots to John Wesley's evangelistic revival movement within Anglicanism. His younger brother...
church building near the junction of Choctaw County
Choctaw County, Alabama
Choctaw County is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. It was established on December 29, 1847 and named for the Choctaw tribe of American Indians. As of 2010 the population was 13,859. The county seat is Butler.- History :...
Road 43 and Choctaw County Road 27 in the rural community of Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, Alabama
Mount Sterling is an unincorporated community in Choctaw County, Alabama. Mount Sterling was once a prosperous antebellum community, with an economy based on cotton and timber, but today little is left other than a few scattered houses...
, Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
.
The church was completed in a simple Greek Revival
Greek Revival architecture
The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture...
-style in 1859, when the community was a prosperous antebellum town. The one-story frame building was used for church services up until the 1970s, when the congregation could no longer afford to maintain it. The property was then donated to the Choctaw County Historical Society. The historical society
Historical society
A historical society is an organization that collects, researches, interprets and preserves information or items of historical interest. Generally, a historical society focuses on a specific geographical area, such as a county or town or subject, such as aviation or rail. Many historical...
, at the time having only just under 50 members, spent more than 15 years raising money and restoring the structure for use as a community hall
Community centre
Community centres or community centers or jumping recreation centers are public locations where members of a community tend to gather for group activities, social support, public information, and other purposes. They may sometimes be open for the whole community or for a specialised group within...
. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
on May 8, 1986.