United Methodist Church is a historic

United Methodist The United Methodist Church (UMC) is a worldwide mainline Protestant denomination based in the United States, and a major part of Methodism. In the 19th century, its main predecessor, the Methodist Episcopal Church, was a leader in evangelic ...

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

located at Lyme in Jefferson County, New York. It was built in 1882 and is a one-story, four by three-bay wood-frame structure on a foundation of coursed

limestone Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...

blocks. The L-shaped plan consists of the main body of the church with a perpendicular Sunday school wing and a square entrance tower. The interior reflects the influence of the

Akron plan The Akron Plan was a scheme for the design of churches and other religious buildings that housed Sunday schools. It was characterized by a set of wedge-shaped classrooms that radiated from the direction of a central superintendent's platform. Do ...

. ''Note:'' This includes an
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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 1990.

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Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) United Methodist churches in New York (state) Churches completed in 1882 19th-century Methodist church buildings in the United States Churches in Jefferson County, New York Akron Plan church buildings National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, New York 1882 establishments in New York (state) {{NewYork-church-stub