The First Methodist Church is a historic church at the junction of Chestnut and 4th Streets, NW corner in

Lewisville, Arkansas Lewisville is a city in Lafayette County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 1,280 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Lafayette County. Geography Lewisville is located in northern Lafayette County. U.S. Route 82 passes thr ...

. The single-story brick building was designed by Witt, Seibert & Company of

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and built in 1913. It is distinctive as one of the only church buildings to survive from Lewisville's period of economic prosperity during the lumber boom, and as an Akron Plan design with Classical Revival features. The building was listed on the

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in 1996.

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Methodist churches in Arkansas Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Neoclassical architecture in Arkansas Churches completed in 1913 Churches in Lafayette County, Arkansas 1913 establishments in Arkansas National Register of Historic Places in Lafayette County, Arkansas Neoclassical church buildings in the United States {{Arkansas-Methodist-church-stub

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