Delphi Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic
Methodist Episcopal
The Methodist Episcopal Church (MEC) was the oldest and largest Methodist denomination in the United States from its founding in 1784 until 1939. It was also the first religious denomination in the US to organize itself on a national basis. In ...
church
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complex located at
Delphi
Delphi (; ), in legend previously called Pytho (Πυθώ), in ancient times was a sacred precinct that served as the seat of Pythia, the major oracle who was consulted about important decisions throughout the ancient classical world. The oracl ...
,
Carroll County, Indiana
Carroll County is a county located in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 20,155. The county seat is Delphi.
Carroll County is part of the Lafayette, Indiana, Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Histo ...
. The brick and limestone trimmed
Gothic Revival style church sanctuary/auditorium was constructed in 1869 with alterations in 1884, 1897, and 1926. It features a massive three-story
bell tower on its northeast corner. The education wing was constructed in 1926 in the
Collegiate Gothic
Collegiate Gothic is an architectural style subgenre of Gothic Revival architecture, popular in the late-19th and early-20th centuries for college and high school buildings in the United States and Canada, and to a certain extent Euro ...
style. Also on the property is the two-story,
Second Empire style brick parsonage constructed in 1897.
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It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 2015.
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References
Methodist churches in Indiana
Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana
Gothic Revival architecture in Indiana
Collegiate Gothic architecture in Indiana
Second Empire architecture in Indiana
Churches completed in 1869
Buildings and structures in Carroll County, Indiana
National Register of Historic Places in Carroll County, Indiana
Delphi, Indiana
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