Conway Methodist Church, 1898 and 1910 Sanctuaries
National Register Listing
Street Address:
Fifth Ave., Conway, SC (Horry County)
Alternate Name:
Conway First United Methodist Church
NRHP Nomination
Record Number:
S10817726010
Description and Narrative:
(Conway First United Methodist Church) These two sanctuaries are locally significant for their architectural styles. They also illustrate a period of rapid growth in the history of Conway, as the congregation which erected the small sanctuary of 1898 felt the need to erect a much larger one only twelve years later. The 1898 sanctuary is a one-story, brick, cruciform, cross-gable roofed, Gothic-influenced building. It is located at the site of a ca. 1845 sanctuary. It is laid in Flemish bond and features Tudor arched stained glass lancet windows with lozenges. The eaves have exposed rafters and purlin ends. Adjacent to this sanctuary is the 1910 sanctuary, designed by Joseph Leitner, an architect from Wilmington, North Carolina, and built by Henry P. Little, a Conway builder and contractor. This Mission Revival style (Spanish Colonial Revival) building is a large one-story, front-gabled roof, stuccoed building. Two square bell-towers with shaped parapets and corner posts frame the entrance bay. Both towers feature staggered, rectangular, one-over-one sash, stained panels and blind and louvered panels with key-blocks and drip moulds. Above the entrance parapet is a round-headed, recessed blind arch. There are knee-brackets supporting the overhanging eaves. When dedicated in October 1910 its seating capacity was estimated at 500. When the fourth sanctuary was built in 1961 this building was converted for use into a fellowship hall. Listed in the National Register August 5, 1986.
Period of Significance:
1898
Level of Significance:
Local
Area of Significance:
Architecture
National Register Determination:
listed
Date of Certification:
August 5 1986
