First Methodist Church, also known as First United Methodist Church, is a church in

McMinnville, Tennessee McMinnville is the largest city in and the county seat of Warren County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 13,788 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. It was named after Governor Joseph McMinn. Geography McMinnville is locate ...

. It was listed on the

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in 2002. Its cornerstone was laid in 1886 and it was completed in 1889. It is important as a

High Victorian Gothic High Victorian Gothic was an eclectic architectural style and movement during the mid-late 19th century. It is seen by architectural historians as either a sub-style of the broader Gothic Revival style, or a separate style in its own right. Prom ...

church designed by architect

Hugh Cathcart Thompson Hugh Cathcart Thompson (1829–1919) was an American architect from Tennessee. Early life High Cathcart Thomson was born in 1829. Career Thompson designed fifty-six buildings during his career as an architect in Nashville, Tennessee.Christine ...

. with

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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Tennessee Gothic Revival church buildings in Tennessee Churches completed in 1889 19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States United Methodist churches in Tennessee Buildings and structures in Warren County, Tennessee National Register of Historic Places in Warren County, Tennessee {{Tennessee-Methodist-church-stub