First United Methodist Church is a historic church at 923 Roland in

Chariton, Iowa Chariton is a city in, and the county seat of, Lucas County, Iowa, United States. The population was 4,193 at the 2020 census. Lucas is the primary distribution center for and the former corporate headquarters of the Hy-Vee supermarket chain. H ...

. It was built during 1899-1900 and 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 v ...

in 2002. It replaced an earlier Methodist church on the site, a brick

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

-style church that was built in 1864. It was deemed significant as "a fine, unaltered example of turn of the century Gothic Revival design by well known Illinois architect, Samuel A. Bullard". with

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Chariton, Iowa United Methodist churches in Iowa Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa Gothic Revival church buildings in Iowa Churches completed in 1899 Buildings and structures in Lucas County, Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Lucas County, Iowa {{Iowa-church-stub