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The Crossett Methodist Church is now known as the First Methodist Church of Crossett. It is at 500 Main St.,
Crossett, Arkansas Crossett is the largest city in Ashley County, Arkansas, United States, with a population of 5,507, according to 2010 Census Bureau estimates. Combined with North Crossett and West Crossett, the population is 10,752. Crossett was incorporated in ...
, United States, and was built in 1949.


History

It is the work of architect
John Parks Almand John Parks Almand (May 8, 1885 – March 24, 1969) was an American architect who practiced in Arkansas from 1912 to 1962. Among other works, he designed the Art Deco Hot Springs Medical Arts Building, which was the tallest building in Arkansas f ...
and of Trapp, Clippord & Phelps. It was listed on 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 v ...
on February 17, 2010. Before 1902, a travelling
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 b ...
minister held meetings in a tent, across from the
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station. The owners of Crossett Lumber Company owned all the property in town and paid the preacher. The Arkansas law in 1837 prohibited the sale of liquor within one mile of a place of worship. Overnight, a wooden church was built on the site of the tent meeting. This kept a pending saloon license from being issued, and stopped its opening in the town.


See also

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National Register of Historic Places listings in Ashley County, Arkansas __NOTOC__ This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ashley County, Arkansas. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Ashley County, Arkansas, United St ...


References

Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Tudor Revival architecture in Arkansas Gothic Revival church buildings in Arkansas Churches completed in 1949 Churches in Ashley County, Arkansas Methodist churches in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Ashley County, Arkansas 1949 establishments in Arkansas {{Arkansas-church-stub