The First United Methodist Church is a church in

Leesville, Louisiana Leesville is a city in, and the parish seat of, Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 5,649 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Fort Johnson South, Louisiana, Fort Johnson South micropolitan area and is additionally serv ...

. Located at 202 N. Fifth Street, the building was built in 1920 in a

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Craftsman style American Craftsman is an American domestic architectural style, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement, which included interior design, landscape design, applied arts, and decorative arts, beginning in the last years of the 19th century. Its i ...

, Mission style/

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and was added to the

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in 2002. wit
four photos and a map
The building is a T-shaped church which was built in 1920 and expanded in the 1950s. It is a two-story building, with the worship space upstairs and a high brick basement story holding offices and meeting rooms. The front facade of the building has "a pronounced Spanish mission style gable pierced by a curvaceous vent in the Baroque manner."

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Methodist churches in Louisiana Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana Mission Revival architecture in Louisiana Churches completed in 1920 Churches in Vernon Parish, Louisiana National Register of Historic Places in Vernon Parish, Louisiana 1920 establishments in Louisiana American Craftsman architecture in Louisiana Leesville, Louisiana Global Methodist churches in the United States {{Louisiana-Methodist-church-stub

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