Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church (Coffeyville, Kansas)

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	202 W. 12th St. Coffeyville, Kansas
Coordinates	37°1′56″N 95°37′2″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1907
Architect	John A. Simon
Architectural style	Romanesque, Late Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.	95000943[1]
Added to NRHP	July 28, 1995

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church at 202 W. 12th Street in Coffeyville, Kansas, in the original black neighborhood of Coffeyville.[2] It was built in 1907 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1995.[1]

It is a one-story, brick church with elements of Romanesque and Gothic Revival style, on a rusticated limestone foundation.[2]

It was built to replace the congregation's first church, a frame structure from 1882, which the congregation had outgrown.[2]

See also

• St. John African Methodist Episcopal Church (Topeka, Kansas): another AME church in Kansas

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Michele Risdal; Martha Hagedorn-Krass (May 19, 1995). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church / 125-1050-017". National Park Service. Retrieved December 5, 2017. With 12 photos from 1995.