City Methodist Church (Gary, Indiana)

City Methodist Church, Gary
The church in 2019
Map
41°36′02″N 87°20′18″W / 41.600429°N 87.338431°W / 41.600429; -87.338431
DenominationMethodist
History
StatusDerelict
Founded1925
Founder(s)Dr. William Grant Seaman
Architecture
Functional statusDefunct
Architect(s)Lowe & Bollenbacher
StyleGothic Revival
GroundbreakingJanuary 25, 1925
Completed1926
Construction cost$800,000
ClosedOctober 5, 1975
Specifications
Capacity3000
Number of floors9
Materialsstone

The City Methodist Church, latterly known as City United Methodist Church is a disused church in Gary, Indiana, United States. Once the largest Methodist church in the Midwest, it ceased as a place of worship in 1975 after a relatively brief life of just over 50 years.