Mount Sterling Methodist Church

Mount Sterling Methodist Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location:	Near jct. of CR 43 and CR 27, Mount Sterling, Alabama
Coordinates:	32°5′28″N 88°9′49″W / 32.09111°N 88.16361°W / 32.09111; -88.16361Coordinates: 32°5′28″N 88°9′49″W / 32.09111°N 88.16361°W / 32.09111; -88.16361
Area:	2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built:	1859
Architectural style:	Greek Revival
Governing body:	Private
NRHP Reference#:	86000995[1]
Added to NRHP:	May 8, 1986

Mount Sterling Methodist Church is a historic Methodist church building near the junction of Choctaw County Road 43 and Choctaw County Road 27 in the rural community of Mount Sterling, Alabama.

The church was completed in a simple Greek Revival-style in 1859, when the community was a prosperous antebellum town. The one-story frame building was used for church services up until the 1970s, when the congregation could no longer afford to maintain it. The property was then donated to the Choctaw County Historical Society. The historical society, at the time having only just under 50 members, spent more than 15 years raising money and restoring the structure for use as a community hall.^[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 8, 1986.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
2. ^ Chiat, Marilyn Joyce Segal (1997). America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places For Every Community. John Wiley and Sons. p. 279. ISBN 9780471145028. http://books.google.com/books?id=I0GviYfRKOsC&pg=PA279&lpg=PA279&dq=%22Mount+Sterling+Methodist+Church%22+Choctaw+County+Historical+Society&source=bl&ots=skxYXtn95U&sig=EBqnvIV7A4EuIkKZqNcqEbTYz6s&hl=en&ei=YLQAToOIJuXv0gG6yN2UDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Mount%20Sterling%20Methodist%20Church%22%20Choctaw%20County%20Historical%20Society&f=false.