Dancyville United Methodist Church and Cemetery
Historic church in Tennessee, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dancyville United Methodist Church is a historic church in the Dancyville community in Haywood County, Tennessee. The church and its cemetery were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991.[1] The church survives as the oldest United Methodist Church in West Tennessee.[2]
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| Location | Dancyville Methodist Church St., Dancyville, Tennessee |
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| Coordinates | 35°24′19″N 89°17′43″W |
| Area | 3.9 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1850 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 91000224[1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 13, 1991 |
The church property was deeded to the Methodist Church on April 1, 1835. Two years later, in 1837, the congregation was organized and a log church building was built on the property.[3] The current building was completed in 1850, replacing the log church. It is a wood frame building in a Greek Revival design, built from trees growing on the church grounds; the lumber was hewn and sawed by hand.[3][4] In the early 1950's basement was built to house a modern kitchen, bathrooms, an assembly room, and Sunday school rooms. The adjoining cemetery dates to 1830.[2] It is one of only a few extant antebellum churches in rural west Tennessee.[3]
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