Salem First United Methodist Church

For the church in Ohio, see First United Methodist Church (Salem, Ohio).
First Methodist Episcopal Church of Salem
Location600 State Street
Salem, Oregon
Coordinates44°56′20″N 123°02′08″W / 44.938763°N 123.035424°W / 44.938763; -123.035424
Built1871–1878
ArchitectCass Chapman
Wilbur F. Boothby
Architectural styleLate Gothic Revival
NRHP reference No.83002162
Added to NRHPMay 9, 1983

Salem First United Methodist Church is a Methodist congregation and historic church in Salem, Oregon, United States. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places under its original name, First Methodist Episcopal Church of Salem, in 1983.[1] First United is the oldest Methodist church west of the Rocky Mountains,[2] and is a designated United Methodist Heritage Landmark.[3] It is one of Oregon's few high-style Gothic Revival churches outside of Portland, and has one of the rare tall spires left standing in the state.[4]

  1. ^ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department. July 16, 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
  2. ^ "First United Methodist Church". Salem Historical Quarterly. Archived from the original on July 23, 2007. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
  3. ^ "Register of Historic Sites". United Methodist Church General Commission on Archives & History. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2008.
  4. ^ Chiat, Marilyn J. (1997). America's Religious Architecture: Sacred Places for Every Community. Preservation Press, John Wiley & Sons. p. 414. ISBN 0-471-14502-5.