St. James Chapel, also known as the St. James United Methodist Church, is a historic

Methodist Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity whose origins, doctrine and practice derive from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's ...

chapel A chapel is a Christian place of prayer and worship that is usually relatively small. The term has several meanings. Firstly, smaller spaces inside a church that have their own altar are often called chapels; the Lady chapel is a common ty ...

located at St. James,

Phelps County, Missouri Phelps County is a county in the central portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 44,638. The largest city and county seat is Rolla. The county was organized on November 13, 1857, and was ...

. It was built in 1868, and is a one-story red brick building with Gothic Revival and

Romanesque Revival Romanesque Revival (or Neo-Romanesque) is a style of building employed beginning in the mid-19th century inspired by the 11th- and 12th-century Romanesque architecture. Unlike the historic Romanesque style, Romanesque Revival buildings tended to ...

style design elements. It measures 40 feet by 60 feet, and has a gable roof. It features a bell tower topped by a dome. (includes 6 photographs from 1980) It was listed on 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 ...

in 1970.

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United Methodist churches in Missouri Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri Gothic Revival church buildings in Missouri Romanesque Revival church buildings in Missouri Churches completed in 1868 Buildings and structures in Phelps County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Phelps County, Missouri {{PhelpsCountyMO-NRHP-stub