The First United Methodist Church is a historic church building at Jefferson and Cross Streets in

DeWitt, Arkansas DeWitt is the second largest city in Arkansas County, Arkansas, Arkansas County, Arkansas, United States, which also serves as the county seat of the southern district of Arkansas County, Arkansas, Arkansas County. Population was 3,292 at the ti ...

. It is a two-story red brick structure, designed

Thompson & Harding Charles L. Thompson and associates is an architectural group that was established in Arkansas since the late 1800s. It is now known as Cromwell Architects Engineers, Inc.. This article is about Thompson and associates' work as ...

and built in 1923. It has a

Classical Revival Neoclassicism, also spelled Neo-classicism, emerged as a Western cultural movement in the decorative and visual arts, literature, theatre, music, and architecture that drew inspiration from the art and culture of classical antiquity. Neoclassic ...

style portico supported by six unevenly spaced Tuscan columns. The triangular pediment is fully enclosed, with a central oculus window. The building is the third built for a congregation established in 1854–55, and the first built of brick. The building was listed on the

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in 1992.

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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas Neoclassical architecture in Arkansas Churches completed in 1923 National Register of Historic Places in Arkansas County, Arkansas 1923 establishments in Arkansas DeWitt, Arkansas Neoclassical church buildings in the United States {{Arkansas-Methodist-church-stub

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