Wesley United Methodist Church
Historic Property
Alternate Name:
[unknown]
Street Address:
701 West St.;(Beaufort County)
Site Number:
025-942
Control Number:
U/13/025-942
Tax Number:
R120 004 000 536B 0000
Date Surveyed:
September 12 1997
Category:
Building
Construction Date:
circa 1849
Alteration Date:
1985
Historic Use:
Religion
Current Use:
Religion
Historic Core Shape:
Rectangular
Number of Stories:
1
Construction Method:
frame
Exterior Walls Materials:
Weatherboard
Foundation Materials:
Brick Piers
Roof Shape:
gable (end to front)
Roof Materials:
composition shingle
Porch Width:
entrance bay only
National Register Determination:
contributes to listed district
Signficant Architectural Features:
Timber framed vernacular style church building orientated east/west. Entrance from west via 3 bay porch which carries on its tall rectangular columns a tower above the entrance. Lower stage of tower surmounted by broken pediment, very low second stage a
Alterations:
renovation
Historical Information:
Granite plaque states that Wesley UMC was organized in 1833 and renovated in 1985. Present building said to have been dedicated in 1849 by Bishop William Capers.
Source of Historical Information:
Listed in Feiss-Wright survey as 700 West St.
Quadrangle Name:
Beaufort