Central United Methodist Church is located at 201 East Third Avenue in
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state' ...
. On November 9, 2005, it was added to the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
, and is listed as a contributing property within the
Fourth and Gill Historic District.
[Richard Strange and Bob Whetsel, National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form for Fourth and Gill Historic District, 27 November 1984.]
The church was organized in 1924 as a merger between Broad Street Methodist and Centenary Methodist churches after a fire destroyed the Broad Street building.
The present structure was completed in 1927 in the
Gothic Revival style.
Baumann & Baumann of Knoxville were the architects. The exterior of the church is primarily brick, but also includes stone, limestone and marble. At the time of its completion, the sanctuary was Knoxville's largest church auditorium, seating 1,600.
The original organ was purchased from the Riviera Theater in 1935.
The current organ is an instrument by M.P. Moller of 42 ranks installed in 1958.
The congregation is affiliated with the
United Methodist
The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelic ...
Church.
References
External links
National Register of Historic PlacesCentral United Methodist Church websiteUMC National Website: Central United Methodist Church Info
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee
Churches in Knoxville, Tennessee
United Methodist churches in Tennessee
National Register of Historic Places in Knoxville, Tennessee
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