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Claybank Log Church is a historic church in
Ozark, Alabama Ozark is a city in and the county seat of Dale County, Alabama. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city was 14,907. Ozark is the principal city of the Ozark Micropolitan Statistical Area, as well as a part of the Dothan-Ozark Combi ...
. The building is the second church on the site, replacing a similar structure built in 1829. The current building was constructed by a
Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...
minister, although the church was also used for various community functions. It is believed to be the oldest extant building in Dale County. In 1873, the congregation built a new church closer to the center of town. The log church was used only sporadically after 1900, and was purchased by the Claybank Memorial Association in the 1960s. ''See also:'' The interior of the church was restored to its original appearance in 1980. The church consists of one large room, measuring 30 feet, 5 inches, by 25 feet, 3 inches (approximately 9 by 7.5 meters). The walls are formed by pine logs ranging in diameter from 12 to 15.5 inches (30 to 40 cm) joined at the corners by dovetail joints. 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 ...
November 7, 1976.


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Methodist churches in Alabama Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama Churches completed in 1852 19th-century churches in the United States National Register of Historic Places in Dale County, Alabama Log buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama 1852 establishments in Alabama {{Alabama-church-stub