First Methodist Episcopal Church (Okeechobee, Florida)

The First Methodist Episcopal Church, built in 1924, is a historic red brick Gothic Revival church located at 200 NW 2nd Street in Okeechobee, Florida. In 1989, it was listed in A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, published by the University of Florida Press.^[1] In August 2015, it was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, as the First Methodist Episcopal Church, South.^[2]

View of the church from the southeast in 2010

First Methodist Episcopal Church 200 NW 2nd Street Okeechobee, Florida
Denomination	United Methodist Church
Website	http://www.fumcokee.com/
Clergy
Pastor(s)	The Rev. Don Hanna, senior pastor, Jim Dawson, ass't pastor/youth pastor
First Methodist Episcopal Church, South
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Coordinates	27°14′43.02″N 80°49′54″W
NRHP reference No.	15000509
Added to NRHP	August 10, 2015

Today it is known as First United Methodist Church.^[3]

References

1. A Guide to Florida's Historic Architecture, 1989, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, p. 131, ISBN 0-8130-0941-3
2. "Weekly List of Actions Taken on Properties [for National Register of Historic Places]: 8/10/15 through 8/14/15". National Park Service. August 21, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.
3. First United Methodist Church website

External links

• Media related to First United Methodist Church (Okeechobee, Florida) at Wikimedia Commons