Burns United Methodist Church is located in Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa

Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857...

, United States

United States

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. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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 in 1977.

History

The congregation was established in 1866 as the Black Methodist Episcopal Church. It was eventually named for Francis Burns

Francis Burns

Francis Burns was an American Methodist minster who served as a missionary in Liberia. He was the first Missionary Bishop, and the first African American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church ....

, the first black bishop of Methodist Episcopal Church.

See also

Other United Methodist Churches in Des Moines on the National Register of Historic Places:

• First United Methodist Church (Des Moines, Iowa)
  First United Methodist Church (Des Moines, Iowa)
  First United Methodist Church is located in downtown Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1984 as First Methodist Episcopal Church, which is its original name.-History:...
  
  
• Trinity United Methodist Church (Des Moines, Iowa)
  Trinity United Methodist Church (Des Moines, Iowa)
  Trinity United Methodist Church, is located in Des Moines, Iowa, United States. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998 as Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, which is its previous name.-History:...